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Sierra Leone: Inflation

Percent · 1956–2025 · 70 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
7.49%percent
Change on 2024
−21.1 pointsfrom 28.6%
Average, 2016–2025
19.6%10 years
Record high and low
178.7% (1987)low −3.70% (1958)

Inflation

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20319.00Forecast
20309.00Forecast
20299.00Forecast
20289.00Forecast
20279.00Forecast
20267.55Forecast
20257.49
202428.6
202347.7
202227.2
202111.9
202013.4
201914.8
201816.0
201718.2
201610.9

Sources

  • Mitchell1956–2009
  • Clio Infra1957–2010
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2024
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor2007–2020
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2007–2025
  • World Development Indicators2007–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Sierra Leone documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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