Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Sierra Leone's real interest rate stands at 18.27% as of 2025-12-31, up from 9.17% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1965 to 2025 (61 observations).
In 2025, Sierra Leone's real interest rate was 18.27%, up from 9.17% in 2024.
In 2024, Sierra Leone's real interest rate was 9.17%, up from -7.44% in 2023.
In 2023, Sierra Leone's real interest rate was -7.44%, down from -6.02% in 2022.
In 2022, Sierra Leone's real interest rate was -6.02%, down from 10.6% in 2021.
In 2021, Sierra Leone's real interest rate was 10.6%, up from 4.12% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.27% | +9.1% |
| 2024 | 9.17% | +16.61% |
| 2023 | -7.44% | -1.42% |
| 2022 | -6.02% | -16.63% |
| 2021 | 10.6% | +6.48% |
| 2020 | 4.12% | -3.21% |
| 2019 | 7.32% | +7.38% |
| 2018 | -0.0509% | -7.64% |
| 2017 | 7.59% | -3.79% |
| 2016 | 11.38% | -3.21% |
| 2015 | 14.59% | +11.69% |
| 2014 | 2.9% | -10.56% |
| 2013 | 13.46% | +7.42% |
| 2012 | 6.04% | +1.13% |
| 2011 | 4.9% | +3.12% |
| 2010 | 1.79% | -13.1% |
| 2009 | 14.88% | +1.95% |
| 2008 | 12.93% | -2.67% |
| 2007 | 15.6% | +17.21% |
| 2006 | -1.62% | -8.45% |
| 2005 | 6.83% | -1.37% |
| 2004 | 8.2% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 6.01% | -21.16% |
| 2002 | 27.17% | +80.81% |
| 2001 | -53.64% | -75.88% |
| 2000 | 22.24% | +14.01% |
| 1999 | 8.23% | +8.18% |
| 1998 | 0.047% | -21.09% |
| 1997 | 21.14% | +19.18% |
| 1996 | 1.96% | +5.53% |
| 1995 | -3.57% | -5.38% |
| 1994 | 1.82% | -16.9% |
| 1993 | 18.72% | +29.26% |
| 1992 | -10.54% | +21.15% |
| 1991 | -31.7% | -21.09% |
| 1990 | -10.61% | +9.1% |
| 1989 | -19.71% | +2.38% |
| 1988 | -22.09% | +29.53% |
| 1987 | -51.62% | -17.27% |
| 1986 | -34.35% | -3.63% |
| 1985 | -30.72% | -15.15% |
| 1984 | -15.57% | -13.74% |
| 1983 | -1.83% | +1.12% |
| 1982 | -2.95% | -8.75% |
| 1981 | 5.8% | -12.3% |
| 1980 | 18.1% | +18.58% |
| 1979 | -0.4803% | +9.9% |
| 1978 | -10.38% | -3.07% |
| 1977 | -7.3% | -7.97% |
| 1976 | 0.6611% | +0.9998% |
| 1975 | -0.3388% | +5.06% |
| 1974 | -5.4% | +6.96% |
| 1973 | -12.36% | -14.29% |
| 1972 | 1.93% | -14.11% |
| 1971 | 16.04% | +5.68% |
| 1970 | 10.36% | +15.76% |
| 1969 | -5.4% | -6.65% |
| 1968 | 1.25% | -13.46% |
| 1967 | 14.71% | +9.59% |
| 1966 | 5.13% | +2.46% |
| 1965 | 2.66% | — |
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Sierra Leone's real interest rate is 18.27% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 9.17% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 27.17% (2002); the lowest is -53.64% (2001), across data from 1965 to 2025.
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