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Sierra Leone
Freetown · Sierra Leonean leone (SLE) · ECOWAS
Reference
- Capital
- Freetown
- Currency
- Sierra Leonean leone · SLE
- Central bank
- Bank of Sierra Leone
- Regional membership
- ECOWAS — Economic Community of West African States
- Official languages
- English
- Stock exchange
- Not listed here
- Instant payments
- Not listed here
- Regulatory sandbox
- Bank of Sierra Leone Regulatory Sandbox
A blank field means the item is not listed on this page, not that it does not exist.
Figures
- GDP (current US$)
- $7.5 bn · 2025
- GDP growth (annual %)
- 4.6% · 2025
- Population
- 8.8 m · 2025
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
- 7.5% · 2025
- Personal remittances received (current US$)
- Not available for the latest year
- Exchange rate · SLE
- 24.61 SLE per US dollar · 2026-08-29
World Bank, World Development Indicators, via the World Bank API; year as published. Mid-market reference from exchangerate-api.com, refreshed daily; not a dealing rate.
Headlines · 2
From the AllAfrica country feed and pan-African newsrooms; each item links to the original.
AllAfrica · Sierra Leone
Ecowas Honours Ecomog Commanders, Fallen Journalists in Liberia, Sierra Leone War
[Daily Trust] The Economic Community of West African States on Thursday awarded the Commanders of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group, otherwise known as ECOMOG, for restoring peace and unity in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea…
AllAfrica · Sierra Leone
Ecowas Opens Temporary Joint Border Post At Bo-Waterside
[New Dawn] BO-WATERSIDE -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has opened a Temporary Joint Border Post at the Liberia-Sierra Leone Bo-Waterside border, marking a major step toward facilitating…