GDP

Here is a basic breakdown of Sierra Leone’s GDP.

Gives an idea of purchasing power, energy de[pendance, imports, exports etc

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $800 (2005 est.), $500 (1999 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 49%
industry: 31%
services: 21% (2001 est.)

agriculture: 52%
industry: 31%
services: 21% (2001)

Population below poverty line: 68% (1989 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 0.5%
highest 10%: 43.6% (1989)

Distribution of family income - Gini index: 62.9 (1989)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1% (2002 est.), 30% (1999 est.)

Labor force: 1.369 million (1981 est.)
note: only about 65,000 wage earners (1985)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Unemployment rate: NA%

Budget:
revenues: $96 million
expenditures: $351 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

revenues: $96 million
expenditures: $150 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1996 est.)

Industries: mining (diamonds); small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, cigarettes, footwear); petroleum refining

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity - production: 250.1 GWh (2001), 235 GWh (1998)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%

fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1998)

Electricity - consumption: 232.6 GWh (2001), 219 GWh (1998)

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2001, 1998)

Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2001, 1998)

Oil - consumption: 6,500 barrel/day (1,000 m³/d) 2001

Agriculture - products: rice, coffee, cocoa, palm kernels, palm oil, peanuts; poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs; fish, ginger

Exports: $35 million f.o.b. (2000 est.), $41 million (f.o.b., 1998)

Exports - commodities: diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish (1999)

Exports - partners: Greece 32.1%, Belgium 28.2%, US 6.3%, UK 5.9% (2001 est.)
Benelux 49%, Spain 10%, United States 8%, United Kingdom 3% (1997)

Imports: $190 million f.o.b. (2002 est.), $166 million (f.o.b., 1998)

Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels and lubricants, chemicals (1995)

Imports - partners: UK 25.3%, Netherlands 10.3%, US 7.9%, Germany 6.3% (2001)
United Kingdom 24%, Côte d’Ivoire 14%, Benelux 10%, United States 8% (1997)

Debt - external: $1.5 billion (2002 est.), $1.15 billion (1998)

Economic aid - recipient: $103 million (2001 est.), $203.7 million (1995)

Currency: 1 leone (Le) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: leones (Le) per US$1 - 2,099.03 (2002), 1,986.15 (2001), 2,092.12 (2000), 1,804.20 (1999), 1,563.62 (1998), 981.48 (1997), 920.73 (1996), 755.22 (1995)

Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June