Sierra Leone Poverty Rate 1989-2024
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 0.9% increase from 1989.
- Sierra Leone poverty rate for 1989 was 93.90%, a 93.9% 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% |
0.90% |
| 1989 |
93.90% |
0.90% |
