Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Sierra Leone

91.5% of people in Sierra Leone lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2018.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 2003 to 2018 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Sierra Leone is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Sierra Leone, 2018 91.5% % of population
Change from 2011 −2.8percentage points 2011: 94.3%
World, 2018 50.4% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Sierra Leone over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period Sierra LeoneWorld
2024 – 46.2%
2023 – 47.1%
2022 – 48.3%
2021 – 48.7%
2020 – 50.4%
2018 91.5% 50.4%
2017 – 51.5%
2016 – 52.4%
2015 – 53.5%
2014 – 54.7%
2013 – 55.8%
2012 – 57.5%
2011 94.3% 58.8%
2010 – 60.2%
2009 – 61.7%
2008 – 62.5%
2007 – 63.6%
2006 – 65.0%
2005 – 66.2%
2004 – 67.4%
2003 95.7% 68.7%
2002 – 69.3%
2001 – 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 94.3% in 2011, a change of −2.8 percentage points.
  • Since 2003, when it was 95.7%, the figure has changed by −4.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2018 was 50.4%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2003 to 2018 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: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform