🇸🇱 Sierra Leone National Debt Clock
Live tracker for Sierra Leone government debt. The national debt currently stands at approximately $4.2 billion, growing at $10 per second based on IMF projections. Debt-to-GDP: 51%. Per-citizen share: $470.
Among the 194 governments tracked here, Sierra Leone ranks 107th by debt-to-GDP, 152nd by total debt and 176th by debt per person.
Sierra Leone's Debt Trajectory (2015–2025)
Sierra Leone's ratio has declined from its high for the period of 54% (2022) to roughly 51% at end-2025. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026, general government gross debt.
Sierra Leone Net Debt and Interest
The IMF publishes no net debt figure for Sierra Leone, so only the gross figure can be shown. The IMF's figures put Sierra Leone's net interest bill at about 4.6% of GDP in 2025, about $355 million, or 36% of government revenue. That is 6th of the 177 governments ranked by interest as a share of revenue.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026, general government, 2025, mostly IMF estimates. Net debt leaves out equity holdings, and what counts as an asset varies by country. Net interest is the primary balance minus the overall balance. A government in default or arrears can show a low figure that understates what it owes. Data · method.
About Sierra Leone's National Debt
Sierra Leone's debt-to-GDP ratio of 51% is moderate: higher than 44% of the 194 governments tracked here. No ratio is safe or dangerous on its own — whether a debt is sustainable depends on the interest rate on it, how fast the economy grows, the currency it is owed in and who holds it. By total government debt, Sierra Leone ranks 152nd of the 194 governments tracked here.
At the current borrowing rate of $10 per second, Sierra Leone adds about $864 thousand to its government debt every day — roughly $315 million per year. Each of Sierra Leone's 9 million residents carries an individual share of approximately $470. That is below the world average of roughly $14,700 in government debt per person.
Figures are computed by Global Debt Clock by linear extrapolation from each country's baseline figure, named in the source line on this page (for most countries, the IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026). Actual debt changes through discrete bond issuances — these counters illustrate the approximate scale and pace of sovereign borrowing.
Sierra Leone National Debt — Frequently Asked Questions
What is Sierra Leone's national debt right now?
Sierra Leone's national debt is approximately $4.2 billion as of November 8, 2026, growing at $10 per second. Its debt-to-GDP ratio is 51% and each citizen's share is about $470.
How fast is Sierra Leone's debt growing?
Sierra Leone's government debt is growing at approximately $10 per second — about $864 thousand per day — derived from the IMF's projections for 2026.
What is Sierra Leone's debt per capita?
Each of Sierra Leone's 9 million residents carries a notional share of approximately $470 of the national debt.
What is Sierra Leone's debt-to-GDP ratio?
Sierra Leone's debt-to-GDP ratio is 51%. That is higher than 44% of the 194 governments tracked here.
How much interest does Sierra Leone pay on its debt?
The IMF's figures put Sierra Leone's net interest bill at about 4.6% of GDP in 2025, about $355 million, or 36% of government revenue.
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Data & Citation
Source: IMF WEO October 2026 (GGXWDG, end-2025 stock) · baseline anchored .
Methodology: debt = 3,960,079,340 + 10 × seconds_since(2026-01-01)
Machine-readable data: /api/debt?c=sl (live JSON) · /data/debt.json (full dataset)
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