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 .
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Niger 95.00%
Tanzania 92.30%
Sierra Leone 89.90%
Chad 89.40%
Burkina Faso 87.20%
Guinea-Bissau 87.20%
Guinea 86.80%
Togo 84.00%
Benin 83.60%
Mali 81.00%
Senegal 74.40%
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%