Sierra Leone's broad money (current LCU) was 38.15 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 637.49% from 5.17 billion in 2015 (22.12% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 38.15 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 11.79 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 5.17 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 4.63 trillion | 2014 |
| Lowest | 21,570 | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 17.25 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 21,570 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Sierra Leone's broad money (current LCU) rose 19.1% on 2024 (from 32.02 billion to 38.15 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +4,389.9% and a typical year strayed about 23,935.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 131,119% in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 99.9% in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 3.66 billion a year. A straight line explains 91% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Sierra Leone had the 71st highest value of the 85 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Sierra Leone in the 2025 ranking
- Azerbaijan — 67th of 85: 49.86 billion
- Jordan — 68th of 85: 45.97 billion
- Kuwait — 69th of 85: 42.12 billion
- Seychelles — 71st of 85: 29.77 billion
- El Salvador — 72nd of 85: 23.57 billion
- Brunei Darussalam — 73rd of 85: 17.52 billion
What this measures
Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 66 values
| Year | Broad money (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 38,145,176,494 |
| 2024 | 32,018,471,291 |
| 2023 | 27,094,447,785 |
| 2022 | 20,398,492,976 |
| 2021 | 14,391,059,191 |
| 2020 | 11,790,922,663 |
| 2019 | 8,533,020,475 |
| 2018 | 7,464,855,283 |
| 2017 | 6,522,308,405 |
| 2016 | 6,096,129,507 |
| 2015 |
Broad money (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 17.82 trillion (2025)
- Benin — 4.23 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 115.36 billion (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 6.96 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 8.01 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 281.73 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 4.75 trillion (2018)
- Central African Republic — 488.93 billion (2022)
- Chad — 1.5 trillion (2021)
- Comoros — 285.91 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 42.99 trillion (2025)
More financial sector data for Sierra Leone
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 5.48% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 41.83 billion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 417.37 million (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 5.5% (2025)
- Broad money (% of GDP) — 22.56% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 19.17% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 5.5% (2025)
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 249 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$22.66 (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sierra Leone's broad money (current LCU)?
- 38.15 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 176.84 million% from 21,570 in 1960 (24.77% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4.63 trillion in 2014 and the lowest 21,570 in 1960.
- How does Sierra Leone rank?
- 71st highest of 85 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in broad money (current LCU) unusual for Sierra Leone?
- In 2025, Sierra Leone's broad money (current LCU) rose 19.1% on 2024 (from 32.02 billion to 38.15 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +4,389.9% and a typical year strayed about 23,935.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.LBL.BMNY.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
Want to ask your own questions of data like this? Try AnalyzeIt: upload a file or ask about public data in plain words, and every figure comes with its working.
Legal entity
Devansh Yadav
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Governing law: Courts at Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Phone: +91 8433475698
Legal: legal@analyzeit.in