Sierra Leone Poverty Rate 2003-2024
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Sierra Leone poverty rate for 2018 was 89.90%, a 3.5% decline from 2011.
- Sierra Leone poverty rate for 2011 was 93.40%, a 1.4% decline from 2003.
- Sierra Leone poverty rate for 2003 was 94.80%, a 94.8% increase from .
- Sierra Leone poverty rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .
Sierra Leone Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
2018 |
89.90% |
-3.50% |
2011 |
93.40% |
-1.40% |
2003 |
94.80% |
-1.40% |