Sierra Leone recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 6.50 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2023. Government Budget in Sierra Leone averaged -4.82 percent of GDP from 1999 until 2024, reaching an all time high of -0.98 percent of GDP in 2007 and a record low of -9.47 percent of GDP in 1999. source: African Development Bank Group
Government Budget in Sierra Leone is expected to reach -5.00 percent of GDP by the end of 2025, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Sierra Leone Government Budget is projected to trend around -2.50 percent of GDP in 2026 and -3.00 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.