Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Sierra Leone
56.8% of people in Sierra Leone lived below the national poverty line in 2018.
The latest value for Sierra Leone is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Sierra Leone, 2018
56.8%
Change from 2011
−5.6percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Sierra Leone over time
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Sierra Leone
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sierra Leone |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 56.8% |
| 2011 | 62.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 62.4% in 2011, a change of −5.6 percentage points.