Sierra Leone
Inflation in Sierra Leone
Inflation in Sierra Leone: 12.9% a year in 1980 and 7.6% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 7.6% a year
- Since 1980
- −5.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 29 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 9% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 9% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 178.7% a year in 1987, the lowest -0.9% a year in 2000.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Sierra Leone |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.6 |
| 2024 | 28.4 |
| 2023 | 47.7 |
| 2022 | 27.2 |
| 2021 | 11.9 |
| 2020 | 13.5 |
| 2019 | 14.8 |
| 2018 | 16 |
| 2017 | 18.2 |
| 2016 | 10.9 |
| 2015 | 6.7 |
| 2014 | 4.6 |
| 2013 | 5.5 |
| 2012 | 6.6 |
| 2011 | 6.8 |
| 2010 | 7.2 |
| 2009 | 7.5 |
| 2008 | 8.2 |
| 2007 | 17 |
| 2006 | 10.5 |
| 2005 | 13.7 |
| 2004 | 12.9 |
| 2003 | 4 |
| 2002 | 0.1 |
| 2001 | 2.6 |
| 2000 | -0.9 |
| 1999 | 34.1 |
| 1998 | 36 |
| 1997 | 14.6 |
| 1996 | 23.1 |
| 1995 | 26 |
| 1994 | 24.2 |
| 1993 | 22.2 |
| 1992 | 65.5 |
| 1991 | 102.7 |
| 1990 | 110.9 |
| 1989 | 60.8 |
| 1988 | 34.3 |
| 1987 | 178.7 |
| 1986 | 80.9 |
| 1985 | 76.6 |
| 1984 | 66.6 |
| 1983 | 68.5 |
| 1982 | 26.9 |
| 1981 | 23.4 |
| 1980 | 12.9 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Sierra Leone |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 13.8 |
| 2027 | 13 |
| 2028 | 9.3 |
| 2029 | 9 |
| 2030 | 9 |
| 2031 | 9 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.37% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$29.5M in 2025
- Military spending per person$4 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2016