Unemployment rate: Sierra Leone
3.15% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.15 |
| 2024 | 3.103 |
| 2023 | 3.092 |
| 2022 | 3.137 |
| 2021 | 3.551 |
| 2020 | 3.509 |
| 2019 | 3.204 |
| 2018 | 3.192 |
| 2017 | 3.656 |
| 2016 | 4.182 |
| 2015 | 4.483 |
| 2014 | 4.678 |
| 2013 | 4.376 |
| 2012 | 4.378 |
| 2011 | 4.388 |
| 2010 | 4.34 |
| 2009 | 4.268 |
| 2008 | 4.132 |
| 2007 | 4.022 |
| 2006 | 3.89 |
| 2005 | 3.734 |
| 2004 | 3.42 |
| 2003 | 3.879 |
| 2002 | 3.909 |
| 2001 | 4.235 |
| 2000 | 4.137 |
| 1999 | 4.288 |
| 1998 | 4.242 |
| 1997 | 4.363 |
| 1996 | 4.313 |
| 1995 | 4.317 |
| 1994 | 4.457 |
| 1993 | 4.401 |
| 1992 | 4.376 |
| 1991 | 4.135 |