Sierra Leone Inflation Rate 1960-2024

Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.
  • Sierra Leone inflation rate for 2022 was 27.21%, a 15.33% increase from 2021.
  • Sierra Leone inflation rate for 2021 was 11.87%, a 1.57% decline from 2020.
  • Sierra Leone inflation rate for 2020 was 13.45%, a 1.36% decline from 2019.
  • Sierra Leone inflation rate for 2019 was 14.81%, a 1.22% decline from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Inflation Rate (%)
Zimbabwe 104.71%
Haiti 33.98%
Ethiopia 33.89%
Sierra Leone 27.21%
Malawi 20.95%
Burundi 18.80%
Rwanda 17.69%
Burkina Faso 14.29%
Gambia 11.51%
Guinea 10.49%
Mozambique 10.28%
Senegal 9.70%
Mali 9.62%
Guinea-Bissau 9.39%
Madagascar 8.16%
Togo 7.97%
Nepal 7.65%
Uganda 7.20%
Chad 5.79%
Central African Republic 5.58%
Tanzania 4.35%
Niger 4.23%
Benin 1.35%
Eritrea 0.00%
Comoros 0.00%
Democratic Republic of Congo 0.00%
Liberia 0.00%
Tajikistan 0.00%
North Korea 0.00%
Syrian Arab Republic 0.00%
Afghanistan 0.00%
Somalia 0.00%
Yemen 0.00%
South Sudan -6.69%
Sierra Leone Inflation Rate - Historical Data
Year Inflation Rate (%) Annual Change
2022 27.21% 15.33%
2021 11.87% -1.57%
2020 13.45% -1.36%
2019 14.81% -1.22%
2018 16.03% -2.19%
2017 18.22% 7.34%
2016 10.89% 4.20%
2015 6.69% 2.05%
2014 4.64% -0.88%
2013 5.52% -1.06%
2012 6.59% -0.20%
2011 6.79% -0.39%
2010 7.19% -0.28%
2009 7.47% -0.74%
2008 8.21% -3.44%
2007 11.65% 11.65%
2006 0.00% 0.00%
2005 0.00% 0.00%
2004 0.00% 0.00%
2003 0.00% 0.00%
2002 0.00% 0.00%
2001 0.00% 0.00%
2000 0.00% 0.00%
1999 0.00% 0.00%
1998 0.00% 0.00%
1997 0.00% 0.00%
1996 0.00% 0.00%
1995 0.00% 0.00%
1994 0.00% 0.00%
1993 0.00% 0.00%
1992 0.00% 0.00%
1991 0.00% 0.00%
1990 0.00% 0.00%
1989 0.00% 0.00%
1988 0.00% 0.00%
1987 0.00% 0.00%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% 0.00%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%