SIERRA LEONE

The numbers in this report are based on the SSAPOV database. SSAPOV is a database of socio-economic statistics managed by SSATSD. It captures the relevant information

for 43 out of 48 countries in the SSA region, and it is based on 145 regional surveys. The 5 countries not covered in the SSAPOV database are Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea,

Gambia, Somalia and Zimbabwe. The Africa database is organized in 4 modules following the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) Harmonization guidelines, including the

construction of the welfare aggregate which is used for the Global Poverty Monitoring. Terms of use of the data adhere to agreements with the original data producers.

Sierra Leone is due for a new survey: most recent survey was conducted in 2011. A new Integrated Household Survey is planned for 2018. Due to the loss of government

revenue resulting from the contraction of the mining sector and the extraordinary expenses associated with the Ebola crisis and the 2017 flood slides in Freetown, funding

for statistics is scarce. The World Bank will assist the implementation of the 2018 household survey with a grant of $1.33m from the Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity

Building, but a commitment to long term sustainable financing is needed.

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GDP per capita (Hundred)

Poverty rate (Percentage)

National Poverty Line Upper Middle IC Line

International Poverty Line Lower Middle IC Line

GDP per capita (US$2011 PPP)

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Global Shared Prosperity Values

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Shared Prosperity

Shared Prosperity Premium

The decomposition is not displayed either because the change in poverty over the period of analysis is too small or the lack of

availability of at least two household surveys.