Exchange rate to the US dollar in Sierra Leone

On average in 2023, one US dollar was worth 21.305 units of Sierra Leone's currency. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Official exchange rate (local currency per US dollar) Unit: Local currency units per US dollar, annual average Data: 1960 to 2023 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Sierra Leone is for 2023. Most countries have figures for 2025.
Sierra Leone, 2023 21.305 Local currency units per US dollar, annual average
Change from 2022 +51.7% 2022: 14.048 per US$

Exchange rate to the US dollar in Sierra Leone over time

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Local currency units per US dollar, annual average. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Official exchange rate (local currency per US dollar) (local currency units per US dollar, annual average), 2001 to 2023
Period Sierra Leone
2023 21.305 per US$
2022 14.048 per US$
2021 10.439 per US$
2020 9.830 per US$
2019 9.010 per US$
2018 7.932 per US$
2017 7.384 per US$
2016 6.290 per US$
2015 5.081 per US$
2014 4.524 per US$
2013 4.333 per US$
2012 4.344 per US$
2011 4.349 per US$
2010 3.978 per US$
2009 3.386 per US$
2008 2.982 per US$
2007 2.985 per US$
2006 2.962 per US$
2005 2.890 per US$
2004 2.701 per US$
2003 2.348 per US$
2002 2.099 per US$
2001 1.986 per US$

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +51.7% from 14.048 per US$ in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 4.333 per US$, the figure has changed by +391.7%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
PA.NUS.FCRF · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2023 for Sierra Leone
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics