Nominal GDP
$7.46B
current US$ · 2025
World Bank
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Economy Snapshot
Sierra Leone Economy and Trade
FreetownLocal time
GDP $7.46B · real growth 4.6% · latest verified annual data
The current profile places Sierra Leone's nominal GDP at $7.46B in 2025 and shows real GDP growth of 4.6% for 2025. For household-scale context, GDP per capita is $846 in 2025, while consumer-price inflation is 7.5% in 2025. Each measure keeps its own reference period below, avoiding a false same-year comparison between series released on different schedules.
GDP per capita
$846
current US$ · 2025
Source listed below
Real GDP growth
4.6%
annual % · 2025
Source listed below
Inflation
7.5%
CPI annual % · 2025
Source listed below
Sierra Leone at a Glance
Each measure keeps its actual reference year and definition.
Output trend
Nominal GDP · annual observations · current US$ · World Bank
2015: $6.79B2016: $6.08B2017: $5.75B2018: $6.39B2019: $6.52B2020: $6.69B2021: $7.17B2022: $7.12B2023: $6.42B2024: $6.97B2025: $7.46B
GDP per capita$846
Real growth4.6%
GDP year2025
2025 Inflation
7.5%
CPI annual %
2025 Unemployment
3.1%
labor-market measure
2025 GDP per capita
$846
current US$
Macro signals
Available measures are shown with their reported reference periods.
Macro signals
World Bank annual observations
Real growth20254.6%
Unemployment20253.1%
Inflation20257.5%
Understand the numbers
What Sierra Leone's economic profile is telling you
Sierra Leone's current World Bank annual series reports nominal GDP of about $7.46 billion and real growth of 4.6 percent in 2025. Inflation fell sharply compared with earlier years but remained 7.5 percent on the annual CPI measure, while modeled unemployment was 3.1 percent.
Reading the macro data
Nominal GDP measures current-dollar size. Real growth, inflation and unemployment describe different economic conditions and can have different reference years.
Reading the trade data
Merchandise trade covers goods. A balance appears only when exports and imports have a verified matching year and currency basis.
Detailed Economic Data
| Indicator | Sierra Leone | Reference period | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDPcurrent US$ | $7.46B | 2025 | Actual |
| GDP per capitacurrent US$ | $846 | 2025 | Actual |
| Real GDP growthannual % | 4.6% | 2025 | Actual |
| InflationCPI annual % | 7.5% | 2025 | Actual |
| Unemploymentmodeled ILO estimate | 3.1% | 2025 | Estimate |
| Merchandise balancematched year required | Not calculated | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Sierra Leone's latest GDP?
The verified GDP observation used here is $7.46B for 2025.
What does merchandise trade show for Sierra Leone?
A matched merchandise export and import pair was not independently resolved on this page, so no goods balance is calculated.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the economic indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Core macroeconomic indicators with explicit reference years.
Official data: GDP · GDP per capita · Real growth · Inflation · Unemployment
Matched-year merchandise trade where independently resolved.
Official data: WTO economy profiles