Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita
Liberia
2.32 SDR per person
in 2025
Sierra Leone
12.11 SDR per person
in 2024
Liberia rank
175th
Sierra Leone rank
173rd
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita over time
- Liberia
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 12.11 SDR per person against 2.32 SDR per person in Liberia, a difference of 9.79 SDR per person.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 5.2 times Liberia's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Liberia ranks 175th and Sierra Leone ranks 173rd of 179 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9.27 SDR per person | 9.12 SDR per person | 0.1488 SDR per person | Liberia |
| 1980s | 2.32 SDR per person | 2.87 SDR per person | 0.5538 SDR per person | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 1.37 SDR per person | 3.73 SDR per person | 2.36 SDR per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 9.73 SDR per person | 13.81 SDR per person | 4.09 SDR per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 37.83 SDR per person | 34.94 SDR per person | 2.89 SDR per person | Liberia |
| 2020s | 12.64 SDR per person | 25.05 SDR per person | 12.41 SDR per person | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita, Liberia or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 12.11 SDR per person against 2.32 SDR per person in Liberia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita between Liberia and Sierra Leone?
- 9.79 SDR per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Sierra Leone?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
- How do Liberia and Sierra Leone rank globally for reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita?
- Liberia ranks 175th and Sierra Leone ranks 173rd of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.