Sierra Leone: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day

The latest value from 2018 is 26.1 percent, a decline from 38.7 percent in 2011. In comparison, the world average is 5.22 percent, based on data from 91 countries. Historically, the average for Sierra Leone from 2003 to 2018 is 42.03 percent. The minimum value, 26.1 percent, was reached in 2018 while the maximum of 61.3 percent was recorded in 2003. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted 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.