Sierra Leone — Economy, Markets & Global Data

Sierra Leone (SL) is covered on EconEarth with economy, market, and country data, including a public EE Score when the country is eligible for the ranking.

A West African economy of iron ore, diamonds, cocoa and a painful memory of war and Ebola. Freetown's port is an asset. Institutions remain the constraint on the geology.

EE Score: 71.7. EE Score rank: #142 of 165. EE Economy: 72.6. EE Risk: 79.5. EE Growth: 77.2. EE Impact: 52.6. EE Scale: 56.5. EE Score vintage: 2026-10-02. Region: Africa. Population: 8.8M (rank #101). GDP: $8.3 billion. GDP per capita: $919 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: +4.3%. Currency: SLE.

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