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Sierra Leone — Central government deficit

millions of SLE · Annual · 1963–2025 · 63 observations

About this series

The central government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock.

In Sierra Leone, the central government deficit reading was −9.44B SLE in 2025, compared with −8.62B SLE in 2024. The period change was −817.36M SLE. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −5.58% in 2025.

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Latest observations

2013–2025

PeriodValue
2025-9.44B SLE
2024-8.62B SLE
2023-7.22B SLE
2022-5.93B SLE
2021-3.27B SLE
8 earlier values, back to 2013
2020-2.24B SLE
2019-1.19B SLE
2018-2.01B SLE
2017-2.57B SLE
2016-2.38B SLE
2015-1.75B SLE
2014-1.32B SLE
2013-776.91M SLE
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.