Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum was 1.9 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum in Sierra Leone, 1965–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 1.9 for government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 78.3% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in Sierra Leone peaked at 78.63 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1.39, in 2023.
That places Sierra Leone 67th out of 89 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 5.5 | — |
| 1966 | 5.5 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5.58 | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 6 | +7.5% |
| 1969 | 5.5 | -8.3% |
| 1970 | 5.5 | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5.5 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5.5 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5.5 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5.5 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5.5 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5.5 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5.5 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5.5 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6.25 | +13.6% |
| 1980 | 9.38 | +50.0% |
| 1981 | 10 | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 11 | +10.0% |
| 1984 | 12 | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 14.5 | +20.8% |
| 1987 | 16.5 | +13.8% |
| 1988 | 18 | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 22 | +22.2% |
| 1990 | 47.5 | +115.9% |
| 1991 | 50.67 | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 78.63 | +55.2% |
| 1993 | 28.64 | -63.6% |
| 1994 | 12.19 | -57.5% |
| 1995 | 14.73 | +20.9% |
| 1996 | 29.25 | +98.6% |
| 1997 | 12.71 | -56.6% |
| 1998 | 22.1 | +73.9% |
| 1999 | 32.42 | +46.7% |
| 2000 | 26.22 | -19.1% |
| 2001 | 13.74 | -47.6% |
| 2002 | 15.15 | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 15.67 | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 26.14 | +66.8% |
| 2005 | 22.98 | -12.1% |
| 2006 | 17.71 | -22.9% |
| 2007 | 18.41 | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 15.48 | -15.9% |
| 2009 | 10.47 | -32.4% |
| 2010 | 17.21 | +64.4% |
| 2011 | 24.45 | +42.0% |
| 2012 | 22.4 | -8.4% |
| 2013 | 8.05 | -64.1% |
| 2014 | 2.37 | -70.6% |
| 2015 | 2.06 | -13.1% |
| 2016 | 6.28 | +205.2% |
| 2017 | 9.96 | +58.8% |
| 2018 | 7.95 | -20.2% |
| 2019 | 8.44 | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 8.01 | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 1.71 | -78.6% |
| 2022 | 3.86 | +125.3% |
| 2023 | 1.39 | -64.0% |
| 2024 | 8.76 | +531.3% |
| 2025 | 1.9 | -78.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.62 | 5.5 | 6 | 5 |
| 1970s | 5.58 | 5.5 | 6.25 | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.54 | 9.38 | 22 | 10 |
| 1990s | 32.88 | 12.19 | 78.63 | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.2 | 10.47 | 26.22 | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.92 | 2.06 | 24.45 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.27 | 1.39 | 8.76 | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Sierra Leone
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 10.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.015 SDR per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 12.11 SDR per person (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate -10.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 38.44 SDR per person (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate -10.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 38.44 SDR per person (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate -10.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 38.44 SDR per person (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate -33.05 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in Sierra Leone?
- Government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in Sierra Leone was 1.9 in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 78.63 in 1992.
- What is the lowest government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.39 in 2023.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum?
- Sierra Leone ranks 67th out of 89 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.