Sierra Leone - Poverty headcount ratio at $1.9 PPP a day

54.7 (%) in 2011

In 2011, poverty rate for Sierra Leone was 54.7 %. Poverty rate of Sierra Leone fell gradually from 72.9 % in 1989 to 54.7 % in 2011.

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What is poverty rate?

Population below $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices.

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