Abstract
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.
Sierra Leone: Basic Data
1/
Data reflect revisions in the national accounts.
2/
Changes as a percentage of beginning-of-period money stock (including foreign currency deposits).
3/
Domestic revenue minus total expenditure and net lending, excluding interest payments, and externally financed capital expenditure and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) program.
4/
As a percentage of exports of goods and services; after Naples (2001) and Cologne flow reschedulings (2002-04), and delivery of possible HIPC Initiative assistance.
Sierra Leone: Basic Data
| Area | 72,326 square kilometers | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
| Total (2003) | 4.8 million | ||||||||
| Annual growth rate | 2.6 percent | ||||||||
| Real per capita GDP (2004) | US$ 135 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
| Income and expenditure | |||||||||
| Real GDP 1/ | 3.8 | 17.9 | 27.5 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 7.3 | |||
| Nominal GDP | 10.2 | 20.3 | 22.8 | 18.5 | 24.6 | 21.1 | |||
| Consumer prices (end of period) | -2.7 | 3.4 | -3.1 | 11.3 | 14.4 | 13.1 | |||
| Consumer prices (annual average) | -0.9 | 2.6 | -3.7 | 8.2 | 14.2 | 12.1 | |||
| Money and credit | |||||||||
| Broad money (including foreign currency deposits) | 9.7 | 33.7 | 36.8 | 21.2 | 18.4 | 32.8 | |||
| Velocity (GDP/broad money) | 6.1 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.7 | |||
| Domestic credit 2/ | -11.8 | 6.9 | 3.0 | 13.2 | -1.1 | 1.0 | |||
| Reserve money | 9.2 | 29.4 | 24.9 | 22.4 | 12.6 | 24.3 | |||
| Treasury bill rates (end of period; in percent) | 20.0 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 20.2 | 27.3 | 20.4 | |||
| External sector | |||||||||
| Exports (in U.S. dollars) | 22.3 | 2.9 | 48.9 | 27.2 | 17 | 11 | |||
| Imports (in U.S. dollars) | 100.3 | 20.6 | 54.4 | 21.9 | -12 | 32 | |||
| Terms of trade (- deterioration) | -9.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | -1.9 | -5 | -2 | |||
| Real effective exchange rate (- depreciation; end of period) | 32.1 | -15.3 | -9.7 | -18.3 | -8 | 21 | |||
| Gross domestic investment | 8.0 | 6.7 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 17.4 | |||
| Gross national saving | -1.8 | -9.5 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 9.7 | |||
| Gross domestic saving | -8.1 | -11.6 | -9.4 | -10.4 | -1.7 | -0.6 | |||
| Current account balance, including official transfers | -9.8 | -16.2 | -4.8 | -7.6 | -4.9 | -7.7 | |||
| Current account balance, excluding official transfers | -18.1 | -20.5 | -12.1 | -14.1 | -11.5 | -14.6 | |||
| Goods and nonfactor services (net) | -16.1 | -19.6 | -19.5 | -19.4 | -12.4 | -18.0 | |||
| Overall balance of payments | 0.4 | 1.7 | -0.3 | -4.6 | 1.4 | -0.2 | |||
| Government domestic revenue | 11.4 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 11.9 | |||
| Total expenditure and net lending | 28.7 | 29.5 | 28.6 | 26.9 | 24.8 | 24.6 | |||
| Of which : current expenditure | 22.7 | 24.8 | 24.2 | 22.1 | 20.1 | 18.7 | |||
| Overall fiscal balance | |||||||||
| (commitment basis, excluding grants) | -17.3 | -16.5 | -16.5 | -14.5 | -12.4 | -12.8 | |||
| (commitment basis, including grants) | -9.3 | -10.6 | -8.3 | -6.7 | -3.5 | -2.7 | |||
| Domestic primary fiscal balance 3/ | -5.5 | -7.7 | -7.0 | -5.6 | -2.8 | -3.1 | |||
| Domestic financing | 0.1 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 4.3 | -0.1 | 1.2 | |||
| (In percent of exports of goods and nonfactor services) | |||||||||
| Debt service due (incl. to the Fund) after debt relief 4/ | 48.1 | 73.0 | 9.3 | 6.8 | 10.5 | 10.6 | |||
| Debt service due (incl. to the Fund) before debt relief | 48.1 | 86.0 | 52.7 | 44.7 | 39.4 | 30.1 | |||
| Net present value of debt-to-exports ratio | 150.0 | 150.6 | 162.3 | 153.6 | 413.6 | 364.3 | |||
| Memorandum items: | |||||||||
| External current account balance, excluding | |||||||||
| official transfers | -114.9 | -165.0 | -113.6 | -139.8 | -123.6 | -177.3 | |||
| Gross international reserves | 49.6 | 59.4 | 84.6 | 59.4 | 124.9 | 168.3 | |||
| (in months of imports of goods and services) | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | |||
| GDP (in billions of leones) | 1,330.3 | 1,600.2 | 1,964.3 | 2,327.0 | 2,898.6 | 3,510.2 | |||
| GDP (in millions of U.S. dollars) | 633.8 | 805.6 | 935.8 | 991.1 | 1073.0 | 1,214.8 | |||
1/
Data reflect revisions in the national accounts.
2/
Changes as a percentage of beginning-of-period money stock (including foreign currency deposits).
3/
Domestic revenue minus total expenditure and net lending, excluding interest payments, and externally financed capital expenditure and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) program.
4/
As a percentage of exports of goods and services; after Naples (2001) and Cologne flow reschedulings (2002-04), and delivery of possible HIPC Initiative assistance.
Sierra Leone: Basic Data
| Area | 72,326 square kilometers | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
| Total (2003) | 4.8 million | ||||||||
| Annual growth rate | 2.6 percent | ||||||||
| Real per capita GDP (2004) | US$ 135 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
| Income and expenditure | |||||||||
| Real GDP 1/ | 3.8 | 17.9 | 27.5 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 7.3 | |||
| Nominal GDP | 10.2 | 20.3 | 22.8 | 18.5 | 24.6 | 21.1 | |||
| Consumer prices (end of period) | -2.7 | 3.4 | -3.1 | 11.3 | 14.4 | 13.1 | |||
| Consumer prices (annual average) | -0.9 | 2.6 | -3.7 | 8.2 | 14.2 | 12.1 | |||
| Money and credit | |||||||||
| Broad money (including foreign currency deposits) | 9.7 | 33.7 | 36.8 | 21.2 | 18.4 | 32.8 | |||
| Velocity (GDP/broad money) | 6.1 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.7 | |||
| Domestic credit 2/ | -11.8 | 6.9 | 3.0 | 13.2 | -1.1 | 1.0 | |||
| Reserve money | 9.2 | 29.4 | 24.9 | 22.4 | 12.6 | 24.3 | |||
| Treasury bill rates (end of period; in percent) | 20.0 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 20.2 | 27.3 | 20.4 | |||
| External sector | |||||||||
| Exports (in U.S. dollars) | 22.3 | 2.9 | 48.9 | 27.2 | 17 | 11 | |||
| Imports (in U.S. dollars) | 100.3 | 20.6 | 54.4 | 21.9 | -12 | 32 | |||
| Terms of trade (- deterioration) | -9.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | -1.9 | -5 | -2 | |||
| Real effective exchange rate (- depreciation; end of period) | 32.1 | -15.3 | -9.7 | -18.3 | -8 | 21 | |||
| Gross domestic investment | 8.0 | 6.7 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 17.4 | |||
| Gross national saving | -1.8 | -9.5 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 9.7 | |||
| Gross domestic saving | -8.1 | -11.6 | -9.4 | -10.4 | -1.7 | -0.6 | |||
| Current account balance, including official transfers | -9.8 | -16.2 | -4.8 | -7.6 | -4.9 | -7.7 | |||
| Current account balance, excluding official transfers | -18.1 | -20.5 | -12.1 | -14.1 | -11.5 | -14.6 | |||
| Goods and nonfactor services (net) | -16.1 | -19.6 | -19.5 | -19.4 | -12.4 | -18.0 | |||
| Overall balance of payments | 0.4 | 1.7 | -0.3 | -4.6 | 1.4 | -0.2 | |||
| Government domestic revenue | 11.4 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 11.9 | |||
| Total expenditure and net lending | 28.7 | 29.5 | 28.6 | 26.9 | 24.8 | 24.6 | |||
| Of which : current expenditure | 22.7 | 24.8 | 24.2 | 22.1 | 20.1 | 18.7 | |||
| Overall fiscal balance | |||||||||
| (commitment basis, excluding grants) | -17.3 | -16.5 | -16.5 | -14.5 | -12.4 | -12.8 | |||
| (commitment basis, including grants) | -9.3 | -10.6 | -8.3 | -6.7 | -3.5 | -2.7 | |||
| Domestic primary fiscal balance 3/ | -5.5 | -7.7 | -7.0 | -5.6 | -2.8 | -3.1 | |||
| Domestic financing | 0.1 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 4.3 | -0.1 | 1.2 | |||
| (In percent of exports of goods and nonfactor services) | |||||||||
| Debt service due (incl. to the Fund) after debt relief 4/ | 48.1 | 73.0 | 9.3 | 6.8 | 10.5 | 10.6 | |||
| Debt service due (incl. to the Fund) before debt relief | 48.1 | 86.0 | 52.7 | 44.7 | 39.4 | 30.1 | |||
| Net present value of debt-to-exports ratio | 150.0 | 150.6 | 162.3 | 153.6 | 413.6 | 364.3 | |||
| Memorandum items: | |||||||||
| External current account balance, excluding | |||||||||
| official transfers | -114.9 | -165.0 | -113.6 | -139.8 | -123.6 | -177.3 | |||
| Gross international reserves | 49.6 | 59.4 | 84.6 | 59.4 | 124.9 | 168.3 | |||
| (in months of imports of goods and services) | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | |||
| GDP (in billions of leones) | 1,330.3 | 1,600.2 | 1,964.3 | 2,327.0 | 2,898.6 | 3,510.2 | |||
| GDP (in millions of U.S. dollars) | 633.8 | 805.6 | 935.8 | 991.1 | 1073.0 | 1,214.8 | |||
1/
Data reflect revisions in the national accounts.
2/
Changes as a percentage of beginning-of-period money stock (including foreign currency deposits).
3/
Domestic revenue minus total expenditure and net lending, excluding interest payments, and externally financed capital expenditure and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) program.
4/
As a percentage of exports of goods and services; after Naples (2001) and Cologne flow reschedulings (2002-04), and delivery of possible HIPC Initiative assistance.
Table 1.Sources: Domestic production data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and the Environment (Planning, Evaluation, Monitoring, and Statistics Division (PEMSD)). From 1991/92, import data from the Bank of Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone: Production of Major Agricultural Commodities, 2000–05
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Paddy converted to rice equivalent based on 5 percent seed, 15 percent postharvest loss, and 65 percent milling recovery rate
Table 1.
Sources: Domestic production data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and the Environment (Planning, Evaluation, Monitoring, and Statistics Division (PEMSD)). From 1991/92, import data from the Bank of Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone: Production of Major Agricultural Commodities, 2000–05
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands of metric tons) | |||||||||
| Cereals | |||||||||
| Rice (paddy) | 248 | 311 | 422 | 446 | 579 | 552 | |||
| Maize | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 39 | |||
| Millet | 5 | 9 | 18 | 31 | … | … | |||
| Sorghum | 6 | 15 | 31 | 62 | … | … | |||
| Beniseed | 4 | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Other cereals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roots and tubers | |||||||||
| Cassava | 240 | 314 | 400 | 480 | 623 | 2287 | |||
| Sweet potato | 20 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 37 | 192 | |||
| Cocoyam | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Ginger | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Groundnuts | 29 | 49 | 98 | 117 | 152 | 167 | |||
| Tree crops | |||||||||
| Coffee | … | 75 | 520 | 545 | … | … | |||
| Cocoa | … | 569 | 342 | 2753 | … | … | |||
| Palm kernels | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Kola nuts | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Palm oil | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| (Annual percentage change) | |||||||||
| Rice (paddy) | -53.2 | 25.1 | 35.9 | 29.8 | -4.8 | ||||
| Cassava | -39.8 | 31.0 | 27.1 | 29.7 | 266.9 | … | |||
| Sweet potato | -69.1 | 6.1 | 20.0 | 30.0 | 417.8 | … | |||
| Coffee | … | 594.3 | 4.8 | … | … | ||||
| Cocoa | … | … | -39.8 | 704.4 | … | … | |||
| Palm kernels | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Kola nuts | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Palm oil | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Memorandum items: | (In thousands of metric tons) | ||||||||
| Supply of rice | |||||||||
| Domestic production 1/ | 198 | 311 | 422 | … | … | … | |||
| Imports | 101 | 130 | 139 | 157 | … | … | |||
1/
Paddy converted to rice equivalent based on 5 percent seed, 15 percent postharvest loss, and 65 percent milling recovery rate
Table 1.
Sources: Domestic production data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and the Environment (Planning, Evaluation, Monitoring, and Statistics Division (PEMSD)). From 1991/92, import data from the Bank of Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone: Production of Major Agricultural Commodities, 2000–05
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands of metric tons) | |||||||||
| Cereals | |||||||||
| Rice (paddy) | 248 | 311 | 422 | 446 | 579 | 552 | |||
| Maize | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 39 | |||
| Millet | 5 | 9 | 18 | 31 | … | … | |||
| Sorghum | 6 | 15 | 31 | 62 | … | … | |||
| Beniseed | 4 | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Other cereals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roots and tubers | |||||||||
| Cassava | 240 | 314 | 400 | 480 | 623 | 2287 | |||
| Sweet potato | 20 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 37 | 192 | |||
| Cocoyam | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Ginger | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Groundnuts | 29 | 49 | 98 | 117 | 152 | 167 | |||
| Tree crops | |||||||||
| Coffee | … | 75 | 520 | 545 | … | … | |||
| Cocoa | … | 569 | 342 | 2753 | … | … | |||
| Palm kernels | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Kola nuts | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Palm oil | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| (Annual percentage change) | |||||||||
| Rice (paddy) | -53.2 | 25.1 | 35.9 | 29.8 | -4.8 | ||||
| Cassava | -39.8 | 31.0 | 27.1 | 29.7 | 266.9 | … | |||
| Sweet potato | -69.1 | 6.1 | 20.0 | 30.0 | 417.8 | … | |||
| Coffee | … | 594.3 | 4.8 | … | … | ||||
| Cocoa | … | … | -39.8 | 704.4 | … | … | |||
| Palm kernels | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Kola nuts | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Palm oil | … | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Memorandum items: | (In thousands of metric tons) | ||||||||
| Supply of rice | |||||||||
| Domestic production 1/ | 198 | 311 | 422 | … | … | … | |||
| Imports | 101 | 130 | 139 | 157 | … | … | |||
1/
Paddy converted to rice equivalent based on 5 percent seed, 15 percent postharvest loss, and 65 percent milling recovery rate
Table 2.
Sierra Leone: Domestic Fish Catch, 2000-05
(In thousands of metric tons)
Source: Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Sierra Leone.
Table 2.
Sierra Leone: Domestic Fish Catch, 2000-05
(In thousands of metric tons)
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial catch | |||||||
| Shrimp | 1,505 | 1,277 | 1,119 | 1,540 | 1,445 | 1,378 | |
| Tuna | … | 6,166 | … | … | … | … | |
| Other | 12,689 | 15,155 | 12,602 | 15,624 | 12,960 | 14,419 | |
| Total | 14,194 | 22,598 | 13,721 | 17,164 | 14,405 | 15,797 | |
| Artisanal catch | 45,910 | 39,950 | 52,846 | 65,758 | 106,216 | 1,166,614 | |
| Total production | 60,104 | 62,548 | 66,567 | 82,922 | 120,621 | 132,411 | |
| (1990 = 100) | 26.1 | 27.2 | 28.9 | … | … | … | |
Source: Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Sierra Leone.
Table 2.
Sierra Leone: Domestic Fish Catch, 2000-05
(In thousands of metric tons)
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial catch | |||||||
| Shrimp | 1,505 | 1,277 | 1,119 | 1,540 | 1,445 | 1,378 | |
| Tuna | … | 6,166 | … | … | … | … | |
| Other | 12,689 | 15,155 | 12,602 | 15,624 | 12,960 | 14,419 | |
| Total | 14,194 | 22,598 | 13,721 | 17,164 | 14,405 | 15,797 | |
| Artisanal catch | 45,910 | 39,950 | 52,846 | 65,758 | 106,216 | 1,166,614 | |
| Total production | 60,104 | 62,548 | 66,567 | 82,922 | 120,621 | 132,411 | |
| (1990 = 100) | 26.1 | 27.2 | 28.9 | … | … | … | |
Source: Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Sierra Leone.
Table 3.Sources: BSL Bulletin, Bank of Sierra Leone; and data provided by the Sierra Leonean authorities.
Sierra Leone: Mineral Production, 2000–05
1/
Figures for exports under Alluvial Diamond Mining Scheme represent both gems and diamonds from 1990/91.
2/
Figures represent official sales of the Government Gold and Diamond Office (GGDO).
3/
The production of bauxite and rutile, as well as ilmenite (a by-product of rutile), ceased in January 1995 with the seizure of mine sites by forces hostile to the government.
4/
Amount of gold purchased by the Bank of Sierra Leone’s gold buying unit, which suspended operations in November 1989, recommenced operations in October 1992, and ceased operations in June 1994.
Table 3.
Sources: BSL Bulletin, Bank of Sierra Leone; and data provided by the Sierra Leonean authorities.
Sierra Leone: Mineral Production, 2000–05
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In units indicated) | ||||||||
| Diamonds | ||||||||
| Alluvial Diamond Mining Scheme 1/ | ||||||||
| Quantity (thousands of carats) | 77 | 224 | 352 | 507 | 691 | 1201 | ||
| Export value (millions of leones) 2/ | 20,601 | 56,785 | 91,465 | 181,369 | 341,352 | 409,525 | ||
| Bauxite (thousands of metric tons) 3/ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rutile (thousands of metric tons) 3/ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gold (ounces) 4/ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 751 | ||
| Ilmenite (thousands of metric tons) 3/ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| (Index 1989/90 = 100) | ||||||||
| Memorandum items: | ||||||||
| Alluvial Diamond Mining Scheme (quantity) | 25 | 193 | 303 | 437 | 596 | 1035 | ||
| Bauxite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rutile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ilmenite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1/
Figures for exports under Alluvial Diamond Mining Scheme represent both gems and diamonds from 1990/91.
2/
Figures represent official sales of the Government Gold and Diamond Office (GGDO).
3/
The production of bauxite and rutile, as well as ilmenite (a by-product of rutile), ceased in January 1995 with the seizure of mine sites by forces hostile to the government.
4/
Amount of gold purchased by the Bank of Sierra Leone’s gold buying unit, which suspended operations in November 1989, recommenced operations in October 1992, and ceased operations in June 1994.
Table 3.
Sources: BSL Bulletin, Bank of Sierra Leone; and data provided by the Sierra Leonean authorities.
Sierra Leone: Mineral Production, 2000–05
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In units indicated) | ||||||||
| Diamonds | ||||||||
| Alluvial Diamond Mining Scheme 1/ | ||||||||
| Quantity (thousands of carats) | 77 | 224 | 352 | 507 | 691 | 1201 | ||
| Export value (millions of leones) 2/ | 20,601 | 56,785 | 91,465 | 181,369 | 341,352 | 409,525 | ||
| Bauxite (thousands of metric tons) 3/ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rutile (thousands of metric tons) 3/ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gold (ounces) 4/ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 751 | ||
| Ilmenite (thousands of metric tons) 3/ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| (Index 1989/90 = 100) | ||||||||
| Memorandum items: | ||||||||
| Alluvial Diamond Mining Scheme (quantity) | 25 | 193 | 303 | 437 | 596 | 1035 | ||
| Bauxite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rutile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ilmenite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1/
Figures for exports under Alluvial Diamond Mining Scheme represent both gems and diamonds from 1990/91.
2/
Figures represent official sales of the Government Gold and Diamond Office (GGDO).
3/
The production of bauxite and rutile, as well as ilmenite (a by-product of rutile), ceased in January 1995 with the seizure of mine sites by forces hostile to the government.
4/
Amount of gold purchased by the Bank of Sierra Leone’s gold buying unit, which suspended operations in November 1989, recommenced operations in October 1992, and ceased operations in June 1994.
Table 4.Sources: BSL Bulletin, Bank of Sierra Leone; and data provided by the Sierra Leonean authorities.
Sierra Leone: Production of Manufacturing Establishments, 2000–05
Table 4.
Sources: BSL Bulletin, Bank of Sierra Leone; and data provided by the Sierra Leonean authorities.
Sierra Leone: Production of Manufacturing Establishments, 2000–05
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In units indicated) | ||||||||
| Food and beverages | ||||||||
| Biscuits (thousands of kilograms) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Confectionery (thousands of kilograms) | 382 | 500 | 1,032 | 1,505 | 2,724 | 2,074 | ||
| Beer and stout (thousands of crates) | 188 | 401 | 915 | 771 | 942 | 1,012 | ||
| Spirits (thousands of liters) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Soft drinks (thousands of crates) | 1,429 | 1,701 | 1,872 | 1,113 | 1,584 | 1,908 | ||
| Household products and construction | ||||||||
| Matches (cartons) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Washing soap (metric tons) | 493 | 149 | 460 | 492 | 268 | 417 | ||
| Cement (thousands of bags) | 1,593 | 3,108 | 2,883 | 3,390 | 18,046 | 18,045 | ||
| Nails (cases) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paint (thousands of liters) | 394 | 318 | 744 | 725 | 169 | 135 | ||
| Miscellaneous | ||||||||
| Cigarettes (millions of sticks) | … | … | … | … | … | … | ||
| Acetylene (thousands of cubic feet) | 100 | 91 | 99 | 114 | 12 | 219 | ||
| Carbon dioxide (thousands of cubic feet) | 49 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen (thousands of cubic feet) | 721 | 547 | 1,131 | 1,609 | 428 | 966 | ||
| Salt (metric tons) | 3,970 | 1,833 | 1,821 | 1,005 | 0 | 0 | ||
| (Annual percentage change) | ||||||||
| Beer and stout | … | 113.0 | 128.1 | -15.7 | 22.0 | 7.0 | ||
| Soft drinks | 81.5 | 19.0 | 10.1 | -40.5 | 42.0 | 20.0 | ||
| Cigarettes | … | … | … | … | … | … | ||
Table 4.
Sources: BSL Bulletin, Bank of Sierra Leone; and data provided by the Sierra Leonean authorities.
Sierra Leone: Production of Manufacturing Establishments, 2000–05
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In units indicated) | ||||||||
| Food and beverages | ||||||||
| Biscuits (thousands of kilograms) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Confectionery (thousands of kilograms) | 382 | 500 | 1,032 | 1,505 | 2,724 | 2,074 | ||
| Beer and stout (thousands of crates) | 188 | 401 | 915 | 771 | 942 | 1,012 | ||
| Spirits (thousands of liters) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Soft drinks (thousands of crates) | 1,429 | 1,701 | 1,872 | 1,113 | 1,584 | 1,908 | ||
| Household products and construction | ||||||||
| Matches (cartons) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Washing soap (metric tons) | 493 | 149 | 460 | 492 | 268 | 417 | ||
| Cement (thousands of bags) | 1,593 | 3,108 | 2,883 | 3,390 | 18,046 | 18,045 | ||
| Nails (cases) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paint (thousands of liters) | 394 | 318 | 744 | 725 | 169 | 135 | ||
| Miscellaneous | ||||||||
| Cigarettes (millions of sticks) | … | … | … | … | … | … | ||
| Acetylene (thousands of cubic feet) | 100 | 91 | 99 | 114 | 12 | 219 | ||
| Carbon dioxide (thousands of cubic feet) | 49 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen (thousands of cubic feet) | 721 | 547 | 1,131 | 1,609 | 428 | 966 | ||
| Salt (metric tons) | 3,970 | 1,833 | 1,821 | 1,005 | 0 | 0 | ||
| (Annual percentage change) | ||||||||
| Beer and stout | … | 113.0 | 128.1 | -15.7 | 22.0 | 7.0 | ||
| Soft drinks | 81.5 | 19.0 | 10.1 | -40.5 | 42.0 | 20.0 | ||
| Cigarettes | … | … | … | … | … | … | ||
Table 5.
Sierra Leone: Petroleum Prices and Utility Tariffs, 2003–September 2006
Source: Data provided by the Sierra Leonean authorities.
Table 5.
Sierra Leone: Petroleum Prices and Utility Tariffs, 2003–September 2006
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of period | Mar. | Jun. | Sep. | Dec. | Mar | Jun | Sep | Dec | Mar | Jun | Sep | Dec | Mar | Jun | Sep | ||||
| (Per imperial gallon) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Petroleum products | |||||||||||||||||||
| Petrol | 6,050 | 6,050 | 5,900 | 6,600 | 6,600.00 | 7,600.00 | 8,000.00 | 9,000.00 | 9,500.00 | 9,500.00 | 11,250.00 | 11,250.00 | 11,250.00 | 12,150.00 | 13,500.00 | ||||
| Diesel | 6,000 | 6,000 | 5,850 | 6,800 | 6,800.00 | 7,420.00 | 8,000.00 | 9,650.00 | 9,500.00 | 9,500.00 | 11,250.00 | 11,250.00 | 11,250.00 | 12,150.00 | 13,500.00 | ||||
| Kerosene | 4,750 | 4,750 | 4,600 | 5,200 | 5,200.00 | 6,170.00 | 6,700.00 | 8,200.00 | 8,500.00 | 8,500.00 | 10,000.00 | 10,000.00 | 10,000.00 | 11,000.00 | 13,500.00 | ||||
| Fuel oil | 3,305 | 3,305 | 3,070 | 3,480 | 3,480.00 | 3,340.00 | 33,400.00 | 3,715.00 | 4,600.04 | 4,600.04 | 5,689.15 | 5,689.15 | 5,689.15 | 5,705.33 | 6,000.00 | ||||
| (Per unit) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Telecommunications | |||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone tariff (Le/Min.) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Local calls | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | ||||
| International calla | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 1,500 | 1500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | ||||
| Telephone rentals (Le/Month) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | ||||
| Commercial | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | ||||
| (Leones per 1,000 gallons) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Water | |||||||||||||||||||
| Metered commercial | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||
| (Per unit) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Electricity | |||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic tariff | |||||||||||||||||||
| 0-30 | 205 | 205 | 287 | 287 | 287 | 287 | 287 | 287 | 287 | 373 | 373 | 373 | 373 | 373 | 373 | ||||
| 31-150 | 293 | 293 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 533 | 533 | 533 | 533 | 533 | 533 | ||||
| 151-200 | 389 | 389 | 545 | 545 | |||||||||||||||
| Over 151 | 389 | 389 | 0 | 0 | 545 | 545 | 545 | 545 | 545 | 709 | 709 | 709 | 709 | 709 | 709 | ||||
| Minimum charge (Leone) | 6,143 | 6,143 | 8,600 | 8,600 | 8,600 | 8,600 | 8,600 | 8,600 | 8,600 | 11,180 | 11,180 | 11,180 | 11,180 | 11,180 | 11,180 | ||||
| Fixed Charge (Leone) | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,820 | 1,820 | 1,820 | 1,820 | 1,820 | 1,820 | 1,820 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||
| (Below 15 kilowatts) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nondomestic tariff | |||||||||||||||||||
| 0-30 | 358 | 358 | 501 | 501 | 501 | 501 | 501 | 501 | 501 | 651 | 651 | 651 | 651 | 651 | 651 | ||||
| 31-150 | 429 | 429 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 781 | 781 | 781 | 781 | 781 | 781 | ||||
| 151-200 | 465 | 465 | 651 | 651 | |||||||||||||||
| Over 151 | 465 | 465 | 0 | 0 | 651 | 651 | 651 | 651 | 651 | 846 | 846 | 846 | 846 | 846 | 846 | ||||
| Minimum charge (Leones) | 10,725 | 10,725 | 15,015 | 15,015 | 15,015 | 15,015 | 15,015 | 15,015 | 15,015 | 19,520 | 19,520 | 19,520 | 19,520 | 19,520 | 19,520 | ||||
| Fixed Charge (Leones) | 1,950 | 1,950 | 2,730 | 2,730 | 2,730 | 2,730 | 2,730 | 2,730 | 2,730 | ||||||||||
| (Above 15 kilowatts) | |||||||||||||||||||
| All units | 521 | 521 | 729 | 729 | 729 | 729 | 729 | 729 | 729 | 755 | 755 | 755 | 755 | 755 | 755 | ||||
| Minimum charge | 65,000 | 65,000 | 91,000 | 91,000 | 91,000 | 91,000 | 91,000 | 91,000 | 91,000 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | ||||
| Fixed charge | 26,000 | 26,000 | 37,240 | 37,240 | 37,240 | 37,240 | 37,240 | 37,240 | 37,240 | 168,000 | 168,000 | 168,000 | 168,000 | 168,000 | 168,000 | ||||
| State-run educational institutions | |||||||||||||||||||
| and hospitals | |||||||||||||||||||
| All units | 521 | 521 | 729 | 729 | 724 | 725 | 726 | 727 | 728 | 941 | 941 | 941 | 941 | 941 | 941 | ||||
| Minimum charge | 65,000 | 65,000 | 91,000 | 91,000 | 9,100 | 9,100 | 9,100 | 9,100 | 9,100 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | ||||
| Fixed charge | 26,000 | 26,000 | 37,240 | 37,240 | 1,114 | 1,114 | 1,114 | 1,114 | 1,114 | 1,448 | 1,448 | 1,448 | 1,448 | 1,448 | 1,448 | ||||
| Churches and mosques | |||||||||||||||||||
| All units | 429 | 429 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 781 | 781 | 781 | 781 | 781 | 781 | ||||
| Minimum charge | 17,875 | 17,875 | 25,025 | 25,025 | 25025 | 25,025 | 25,025 | 25,025 | 25,025 | 32,533 | 32,533 | 32,533 | 32,533 | 32,533 | 32,533 | ||||
| Fixed charge | 2,600 | 2,600 | 3,640 | 3,640 | 3640 | 3,640 | 3,640 | 3,640 | 3,640 | ||||||||||
Source: Data provided by the Sierra Leonean authorities.
Table 5.
Sierra Leone: Petroleum Prices and Utility Tariffs, 2003–September 2006
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of period | Mar. | Jun. | Sep. | Dec. | Mar | Jun | Sep | Dec | Mar | Jun | Sep | Dec | Mar | Jun | Sep | ||||
| (Per imperial gallon) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Petroleum products | |||||||||||||||||||
| Petrol | 6,050 | 6,050 | 5,900 | 6,600 | 6,600.00 | 7,600.00 | 8,000.00 | 9,000.00 | 9,500.00 | 9,500.00 | 11,250.00 | 11,250.00 | 11,250.00 | 12,150.00 | 13,500.00 | ||||
| Diesel | 6,000 | 6,000 | 5,850 | 6,800 | 6,800.00 | 7,420.00 | 8,000.00 | 9,650.00 | 9,500.00 | 9,500.00 | 11,250.00 | 11,250.00 | 11,250.00 | 12,150.00 | 13,500.00 | ||||
| Kerosene | 4,750 | 4,750 | 4,600 | 5,200 | 5,200.00 | 6,170.00 | 6,700.00 | 8,200.00 | 8,500.00 | 8,500.00 | 10,000.00 | 10,000.00 | 10,000.00 | 11,000.00 | 13,500.00 | ||||
| Fuel oil | 3,305 | 3,305 | 3,070 | 3,480 | 3,480.00 | 3,340.00 | 33,400.00 | 3,715.00 | 4,600.04 | 4,600.04 | 5,689.15 | 5,689.15 | 5,689.15 | 5,705.33 | 6,000.00 | ||||
| (Per unit) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Telecommunications | |||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone tariff (Le/Min.) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Local calls | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | ||||
| International calla | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 1,500 | 1500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | ||||
| Telephone rentals (Le/Month) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | ||||
| Commercial | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | ||||
| (Leones per 1,000 gallons) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Water | |||||||||||||||||||
| Metered commercial | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||
| (Per unit) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Electricity | |||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic tariff | |||||||||||||||||||
| 0-30 | 205 | 205 | 287 | 287 | 287 | 287 | 287 | 287 | 287 | 373 | 373 | 373 | 373 | 373 | 373 | ||||
| 31-150 | 293 | 293 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 533 | 533 | 533 | 533 | 533 | 533 | ||||
| 151-200 | 389 | 389 | 545 | 545 | |||||||||||||||
| Over 151 | 389 | 389 | 0 | 0 | 545 | 545 | 545 | 545 | 545 | 709 | 709 | 709 | 709 | 709 | 709 | ||||
| Minimum charge (Leone) | 6,143 | 6,143 | 8,600 | 8,600 | 8,600 | 8,600 | 8,600 | 8,600 | 8,600 | 11,180 | 11,180 | 11,180 | 11,180 | 11,180 | 11,180 | ||||
| Fixed Charge (Leone) | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,820 | 1,820 | 1,820 | 1,820 | 1,820 | 1,820 | 1,820 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||
| (Below 15 kilowatts) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nondomestic tariff | |||||||||||||||||||
| 0-30 | 358 | 358 | 501 | 501 | 501 | 501 | 501 | 501 | 501 | 651 | 651 | 651 | 651 | 651 | 651 | ||||
| 31-150 | 429 | 429 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 781 | 781 | 781 | 781 | 781 | 781 | ||||
| 151-200 | 465 | 465 | 651 | 651 | |||||||||||||||
| Over 151 | 465 | 465 | 0 | 0 | 651 | 651 | 651 | 651 | 651 | 846 | 846 | 846 | 846 | 846 | 846 | ||||
| Minimum charge (Leones) | 10,725 | 10,725 | 15,015 | 15,015 | 15,015 | 15,015 | 15,015 | 15,015 | 15,015 | 19,520 | 19,520 | 19,520 | 19,520 | 19,520 | 19,520 | ||||
| Fixed Charge (Leones) | 1,950 | 1,950 | 2,730 | 2,730 | 2,730 | 2,730 | 2,730 | 2,730 | 2,730 | ||||||||||
| (Above 15 kilowatts) | |||||||||||||||||||
| All units | 521 | 521 | 729 | 729 | 729 | 729 | 729 | 729 | 729 | 755 | 755 | 755 | 755 | 755 | 755 | ||||
| Minimum charge | 65,000 | 65,000 | 91,000 | 91,000 | 91,000 | 91,000 | 91,000 | 91,000 | 91,000 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | ||||
| Fixed charge | 26,000 | 26,000 | 37,240 | 37,240 | 37,240 | 37,240 | 37,240 | 37,240 | 37,240 | 168,000 | 168,000 | 168,000 | 168,000 | 168,000 | 168,000 | ||||
| State-run educational institutions | |||||||||||||||||||
| and hospitals | |||||||||||||||||||
| All units | 521 | 521 | 729 | 729 | 724 | 725 | 726 | 727 | 728 | 941 | 941 | 941 | 941 | 941 | 941 | ||||
| Minimum charge | 65,000 | 65,000 | 91,000 | 91,000 | 9,100 | 9,100 | 9,100 | 9,100 | 9,100 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | 118,300 | ||||
| Fixed charge | 26,000 | 26,000 | 37,240 | 37,240 | 1,114 | 1,114 | 1,114 | 1,114 | 1,114 | 1,448 | 1,448 | 1,448 | 1,448 | 1,448 | 1,448 | ||||
| Churches and mosques | |||||||||||||||||||
| All units | 429 | 429 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 601 | 781 | 781 | 781 | 781 | 781 | 781 | ||||
| Minimum charge | 17,875 | 17,875 | 25,025 | 25,025 | 25025 | 25,025 | 25,025 | 25,025 | 25,025 | 32,533 | 32,533 | 32,533 | 32,533 | 32,533 | 32,533 | ||||
| Fixed charge | 2,600 | 2,600 | 3,640 | 3,640 | 3640 | 3,640 | 3,640 | 3,640 | 3,640 | ||||||||||
Source: Data provided by the Sierra Leonean authorities.
Table 6.Sources: Data provided by Statistics Sierra Leone and the Bank of Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone: Revised Consumer Price Index for Freetown 2000–September 2006 1/
(1992 = 100)
1/
Nonfood items consist of clothing, housing, transportation and communications, and miscellaneous.
Table 6.
Sources: Data provided by Statistics Sierra Leone and the Bank of Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone: Revised Consumer Price Index for Freetown 2000–September 2006 1/
(1992 = 100)
| Weights | All items (CPI) | Monthly change (In percent) | Annual change (In percent, year-on-year) | Food (54.13) | Beverages and tobacco (3.63) | Nonfood 1/ (42.24) | Clothing (7.35) | Housing (14.75) | Transport and communications (5.93) | Miscellaneous (14.21) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | |||||||||||||
| January | 592.5 | 4.5 | 15.3 | 351.3 | 13.9 | 227.3 | 25.8 | 94.7 | 28.6 | 12.7 | |||
| February | 600.2 | 1.3 | 15.1 | 354.0 | 14.3 | 254.6 | 27.9 | 97.2 | 34.1 | 12.5 | |||
| March | 588.9 | -1.9 | 11.2 | 341.3 | 14.4 | 258.6 | 27.2 | 98.1 | 34.1 | 12.5 | |||
| April | 594.0 | 0.9 | 12.7 | 348.6 | 14.4 | 231.0 | 28.1 | 95.4 | 28.7 | 12.6 | |||
| May | 606.1 | 2.1 | 14.5 | 350.3 | 14.4 | 247.8 | 30.0 | 99.6 | 33.4 | 12.8 | |||
| June | 620.9 | 2.4 | 14.6 | 364.7 | 14.0 | 242.2 | 30.3 | 98.6 | 33.4 | 12.8 | |||
| July | 622.0 | 0.2 | 14.0 | 363.8 | 13.9 | 244.3 | 30.8 | 98.4 | 33.5 | 12.7 | |||
| August | 626.3 | 0.7 | 15.0 | 364.6 | 13.7 | 248.0 | 30.6 | 99.1 | 33.3 | 12.7 | |||
| September | 631.6 | 0.8 | 14.6 | 366.1 | 15.0 | 249.8 | 31.4 | 99.3 | 33.3 | 12.0 | |||
| October | 642.5 | 1.7 | 14.9 | 366.4 | 15.5 | 260.6 | 34.1 | 99.4 | 38.5 | 12.0 | |||
| November | 656.3 | 2.2 | 14.7 | 379.9 | 15.5 | 316.4 | 34.1 | 98.7 | 45.8 | 15.2 | |||
| December | 648.8 | -1.2 | 14.4 | 372.2 | 14.7 | 309.0 | 35.2 | 99.9 | 45.8 | 16.9 | |||
| 2005 | |||||||||||||
| January | 645.2 | -0.6 | 8.9 | 375.9 | 14.8 | 254.5 | 33.5 | 105.0 | 34.1 | 12.3 | |||
| February | 645.3 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 375.5 | 15.1 | 254.6 | 33.1 | 104.7 | 34.1 | 12.5 | |||
| March | 650.3 | 0.8 | 10.4 | 376.6 | 15.1 | 258.6 | 33.9 | 108.3 | 34.1 | 12.5 | |||
| April | 657.4 | 1.1 | 10.7 | 377.5 | 15.2 | 264.7 | 34.7 | 107.9 | 38.5 | 12.6 | |||
| May | 669.2 | 1.8 | 10.4 | 386.4 | 15.2 | 267.6 | 38.3 | 110.0 | 38.5 | 12.7 | |||
| June | 690.1 | 3.1 | 11.1 | 397.9 | 15.2 | 277.0 | 47.1 | 118.6 | 38.5 | 13.4 | |||
| July | 708.2 | 2.6 | 13.9 | 409.0 | 15.3 | 283.9 | 50.0 | 121.7 | 41.4 | 13.7 | |||
| August | 721.7 | 1.9 | 15.2 | 414.7 | 16.1 | 306.1 | 51.1 | 124.9 | 41.4 | 14.3 | |||
| September | 732.0 | 1.4 | 15.9 | 412.2 | 16.2 | 303.6 | 58.5 | 131.8 | 45.0 | 14.4 | |||
| October | 735.3 | 0.5 | 14.5 | 405.7 | 16.2 | 313.4 | 65.4 | 138.6 | 45.2 | 15.2 | |||
| November | 735.0 | 0.2 | 12.3 | 404.5 | 16.0 | 316.5 | 68.1 | 104.4 | 45.8 | 15.2 | |||
| December | 733.8 | -0.4 | 13.1 | 408.3 | 16.5 | 309.0 | 58.9 | 132.2 | 45.8 | 16.9 | |||
| 2006 | |||||||||||||
| January | 734.5 | 0.1 | 13.9 | 408.7 | 16.2 | 309.6 | 59.8 | 135.4 | 46.0 | 15.8 | |||
| February | 733.2 | -0.2 | 13.6 | 410.7 | 15.9 | 306.7 | 60.2 | 127.3 | 46.5 | 15.9 | |||
| March | 738.2 | 0.7 | 13.5 | 411.7 | 16.3 | 310.3 | 60.4 | 132.8 | 46.7 | 17.3 | |||
| April | 739.4 | 0.2 | 12.5 | 414.3 | 16.1 | 309.1 | 60.2 | 134.0 | 46.5 | 15.7 | |||
| May | 747.0 | 1.0 | 11.8 | 415.8 | 16.2 | 315.0 | 63.7 | 134.9 | 47.0 | 15.7 | |||
| June | 753.8 | 0.9 | 9.2 | 424.4 | 16.0 | 313.5 | 65.5 | 129.9 | 50.7 | 16.6 | |||
| July | 759.4 | 0.7 | 7.2 | 421.1 | 15.9 | 322.5 | 33.4 | 138.4 | 66.1 | 15.4 | |||
| August | 766.5 | 0.9 | 6.2 | 430.5 | 15.9 | 320.1 | 32.6 | 134.8 | 66.9 | 15.7 | |||
| September | 780.5 | 1.8 | 6.6 | 441.4 | 16.0 | 323.1 | 33.8 | 138.7 | 59.8 | 14.9 | |||
| Memorandum items: | |||||||||||||
| Annual inflation rate | |||||||||||||
| Average | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | -0.9 | -102.7 | -8.0 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.6 | -13.5 | 2.5 | ||||
| 2001 | 2.2 | -337.1 | 6.8 | -16.3 | 1.2 | -11.5 | 2.0 | -6.0 | -4.0 | ||||
| 2002 | -3.7 | -270.1 | -2.3 | -19.5 | -3.4 | 2.0 | -2.9 | 0.4 | 9.2 | ||||
| 2003 | 7.5 | -302.7 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 0.6 | -13.0 | ||||
| 2004 | 14.2 | 89.3 | 18.5 | 4.4 | 14.9 | 17.4 | 2.3 | 23.4 | 15.4 | ||||
| 2005 | 12.1 | -14.8 | 9.7 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 56.7 | 19.5 | 14.2 | 5.3 | ||||
| End-December | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | -2.7 | -107.5 | -3.4 | -10.4 | -1.3 | -11.1 | 0.8 | 4.7 | -13.4 | ||||
| 2001 | 3.4 | -224.9 | 11.3 | -24.4 | -4.3 | -4.8 | 0.0 | -16.9 | 14.7 | ||||
| 2002 | -3.1 | -189.7 | -7.4 | -3.1 | 3.2 | 10.6 | 1.7 | -6.7 | -0.8 | ||||
| 2003 | 11.3 | -466.5 | 15.1 | 17.5 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 2.2 | -8.3 | ||||
| 2004 | 14.4 | 27.6 | 14.7 | -0.5 | 35.6 | 26.7 | 6.7 | 60.9 | 39.3 | ||||
| 2005 | 13.1 | -9.0 | 9.7 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 32.3 | 19.0 | 0.0 | ||||
1/
Nonfood items consist of clothing, housing, transportation and communications, and miscellaneous.
Table 6.
Sources: Data provided by Statistics Sierra Leone and the Bank of Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone: Revised Consumer Price Index for Freetown 2000–September 2006 1/
(1992 = 100)
| Weights | All items (CPI) | Monthly change (In percent) | Annual change (In percent, year-on-year) | Food (54.13) | Beverages and tobacco (3.63) | Nonfood 1/ (42.24) | Clothing (7.35) | Housing (14.75) | Transport and communications (5.93) | Miscellaneous (14.21) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | |||||||||||||
| January | 592.5 | 4.5 | 15.3 | 351.3 | 13.9 | 227.3 | 25.8 | 94.7 | 28.6 | 12.7 | |||
| February | 600.2 | 1.3 | 15.1 | 354.0 | 14.3 | 254.6 | 27.9 | 97.2 | 34.1 | 12.5 | |||
| March | 588.9 | -1.9 | 11.2 | 341.3 | 14.4 | 258.6 | 27.2 | 98.1 | 34.1 | 12.5 | |||
| April | 594.0 | 0.9 | 12.7 | 348.6 | 14.4 | 231.0 | 28.1 | 95.4 | 28.7 | 12.6 | |||
| May | 606.1 | 2.1 | 14.5 | 350.3 | 14.4 | 247.8 | 30.0 | 99.6 | 33.4 | 12.8 | |||
| June | 620.9 | 2.4 | 14.6 | 364.7 | 14.0 | 242.2 | 30.3 | 98.6 | 33.4 | 12.8 | |||
| July | 622.0 | 0.2 | 14.0 | 363.8 | 13.9 | 244.3 | 30.8 | 98.4 | 33.5 | 12.7 | |||
| August | 626.3 | 0.7 | 15.0 | 364.6 | 13.7 | 248.0 | 30.6 | 99.1 | 33.3 | 12.7 | |||
| September | 631.6 | 0.8 | 14.6 | 366.1 | 15.0 | 249.8 | 31.4 | 99.3 | 33.3 | 12.0 | |||
| October | 642.5 | 1.7 | 14.9 | 366.4 | 15.5 | 260.6 | 34.1 | 99.4 | 38.5 | 12.0 | |||
| November | 656.3 | 2.2 | 14.7 | 379.9 | 15.5 | 316.4 | 34.1 | 98.7 | 45.8 | 15.2 | |||
| December | 648.8 | -1.2 | 14.4 | 372.2 | 14.7 | 309.0 | 35.2 | 99.9 | 45.8 | 16.9 | |||
| 2005 | |||||||||||||
| January | 645.2 | -0.6 | 8.9 | 375.9 | 14.8 | 254.5 | 33.5 | 105.0 | 34.1 | 12.3 | |||
| February | 645.3 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 375.5 | 15.1 | 254.6 | 33.1 | 104.7 | 34.1 | 12.5 | |||
| March | 650.3 | 0.8 | 10.4 | 376.6 | 15.1 | 258.6 | 33.9 | 108.3 | 34.1 | 12.5 | |||
| April | 657.4 | 1.1 | 10.7 | 377.5 | 15.2 | 264.7 | 34.7 | 107.9 | 38.5 | 12.6 | |||
| May | 669.2 | 1.8 | 10.4 | 386.4 | 15.2 | 267.6 | 38.3 | 110.0 | 38.5 | 12.7 | |||
| June | 690.1 | 3.1 | 11.1 | 397.9 | 15.2 | 277.0 | 47.1 | 118.6 | 38.5 | 13.4 | |||
| July | 708.2 | 2.6 | 13.9 | 409.0 | 15.3 | 283.9 | 50.0 | 121.7 | 41.4 | 13.7 | |||
| August | 721.7 | 1.9 | 15.2 | 414.7 | 16.1 | 306.1 | 51.1 | 124.9 | 41.4 | 14.3 | |||
| September | 732.0 | 1.4 | 15.9 | 412.2 | 16.2 | 303.6 | 58.5 | 131.8 | 45.0 | 14.4 | |||
| October | 735.3 | 0.5 | 14.5 | 405.7 | 16.2 | 313.4 | 65.4 | 138.6 | 45.2 | 15.2 | |||
| November | 735.0 | 0.2 | 12.3 | 404.5 | 16.0 | 316.5 | 68.1 | 104.4 | 45.8 | 15.2 | |||
| December | 733.8 | -0.4 | 13.1 | 408.3 | 16.5 | 309.0 | 58.9 | 132.2 | 45.8 | 16.9 | |||
| 2006 | |||||||||||||
| January | 734.5 | 0.1 | 13.9 | 408.7 | 16.2 | 309.6 | 59.8 | 135.4 | 46.0 | 15.8 | |||
| February | 733.2 | -0.2 | 13.6 | 410.7 | 15.9 | 306.7 | 60.2 | 127.3 | 46.5 | 15.9 | |||
| March | 738.2 | 0.7 | 13.5 | 411.7 | 16.3 | 310.3 | 60.4 | 132.8 | 46.7 | 17.3 | |||
| April | 739.4 | 0.2 | 12.5 | 414.3 | 16.1 | 309.1 | 60.2 | 134.0 | 46.5 | 15.7 | |||
| May | 747.0 | 1.0 | 11.8 | 415.8 | 16.2 | 315.0 | 63.7 | 134.9 | 47.0 | 15.7 | |||
| June | 753.8 | 0.9 | 9.2 | 424.4 | 16.0 | 313.5 | 65.5 | 129.9 | 50.7 | 16.6 | |||
| July | 759.4 | 0.7 | 7.2 | 421.1 | 15.9 | 322.5 | 33.4 | 138.4 | 66.1 | 15.4 | |||
| August | 766.5 | 0.9 | 6.2 | 430.5 | 15.9 | 320.1 | 32.6 | 134.8 | 66.9 | 15.7 | |||
| September | 780.5 | 1.8 | 6.6 | 441.4 | 16.0 | 323.1 | 33.8 | 138.7 | 59.8 | 14.9 | |||
| Memorandum items: | |||||||||||||
| Annual inflation rate | |||||||||||||
| Average | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | -0.9 | -102.7 | -8.0 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.6 | -13.5 | 2.5 | ||||
| 2001 | 2.2 | -337.1 | 6.8 | -16.3 | 1.2 | -11.5 | 2.0 | -6.0 | -4.0 | ||||
| 2002 | -3.7 | -270.1 | -2.3 | -19.5 | -3.4 | 2.0 | -2.9 | 0.4 | 9.2 | ||||
| 2003 | 7.5 | -302.7 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 0.6 | -13.0 | ||||
| 2004 | 14.2 | 89.3 | 18.5 | 4.4 | 14.9 | 17.4 | 2.3 | 23.4 | 15.4 | ||||
| 2005 | 12.1 | -14.8 | 9.7 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 56.7 | 19.5 | 14.2 | 5.3 | ||||
| End-December | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | -2.7 | -107.5 | -3.4 | -10.4 | -1.3 | -11.1 | 0.8 | 4.7 | -13.4 | ||||
| 2001 | 3.4 | -224.9 | 11.3 | -24.4 | -4.3 | -4.8 | 0.0 | -16.9 | 14.7 | ||||
| 2002 | -3.1 | -189.7 | -7.4 | -3.1 | 3.2 | 10.6 | 1.7 | -6.7 | -0.8 | ||||
| 2003 | 11.3 | -466.5 | 15.1 | 17.5 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 2.2 | -8.3 | ||||
| 2004 | 14.4 | 27.6 | 14.7 | -0.5 | 35.6 | 26.7 | 6.7 | 60.9 | 39.3 | ||||
| 2005 | 13.1 | -9.0 | 9.7 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 32.3 | 19.0 | 0.0 | ||||
1/
Nonfood items consist of clothing, housing, transportation and communications, and miscellaneous.
Table 7.
Sierra Leone: Government Budgetary Operations, 2000–05
Source: Sierra Leonean authorities. GDP data deviate from IMF estimates.
Table 7.
Sierra Leone: Government Budgetary Operations, 2000–05
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In millions of leones) | |||||||||
| Domestic Revenue | 152,175 | 207,669 | 238,691 | 287,657 | 356,966 | 415,982 | |||
| Tax | 135,166 | 192,576 | 223,470 | 267,960 | 319,269 | 350,422 | |||
| Nontax | 17,009 | 15,093 | 15,221 | 19,697 | 37,697 | 65,560 | |||
| Grants | 106,107 | 95,023 | 161,336 | 179,343 | 259,376 | 351,870 | |||
| Expenditure | 382,344 | 442,760 | 562,252 | 597,999 | 688,092 | 828,304 | |||
| Recurrent expenditure | 301,831 | 371,132 | 474,811 | 485,368 | 555,046 | 620,728 | |||
| Development expenditure and net lending | 80,512 | 71,628 | 87,441 | 112,631 | 133,046 | 207,575 | |||
| Overall deficit (commitment basis) | |||||||||
| Excluding grants | -230,169 | -235,091 | -323,561 | -310,342 | -331,126 | -412,322 | |||
| Including grants | -124,062 | -140,068 | -162,225 | -130,999 | -71,749 | -60,452 | |||
| Change in arrears | 43,310 | -533,199 | -3,586 | -13,539 | -32,455 | -5,983 | |||
| Overall deficit (cash basis) | -80,752 | -673,267 | -165,811 | -144,538 | -104,204 | -66,434 | |||
| Total financing | 80,752 | 673,267 | 165,811 | 144,538 | 104,204 | 66,434 | |||
| Foreign financing | 81,610 | 624,766 | 143,734 | 56,133 | 97,078 | 26,872 | |||
| Disbursements | 123,584 | 95,370 | 141,605 | 93,627 | 150,971 | 105,136 | |||
| Amortization due | -41,974 | -38,515 | -48,284 | -37,494 | -53,893 | -78,264 | |||
| Amount paid | -11,202 | -425,769 | -34,250 | -37,494 | -53,893 | -78,264 | |||
| Arrears | 30,772 | -387,254 | 14,034 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Debt relief obtained | … | 567,911 | 50,413 | 0 | 25,093 | 0 | |||
| Domestic financing | 968 | 51,791 | 18,600 | 100,652 | -1,949 | 42,737 | |||
| Bank | -26,321 | 42,844 | -5,603 | 56,622 | -51,477 | -16,369 | |||
| Nonbank | 27,289 | 8,947 | 24,203 | 44,030 | 49,528 | 59,106 | |||
| Privatization | 22 | 2,060 | 472 | 270 | 52 | 0 | |||
| Float/unaccounted | -1,848 | -5,350 | 3,005 | -12,517 | -16,070 | -3,175 | |||
| (In percent of GDP) | |||||||||
| Revenue | 11.4 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 15.4 | 12.5 | 11.8 | |||
| Expenditure | 28.7 | 29.8 | 34.2 | 32.1 | 24.1 | 23.5 | |||
| Recurrent expenditure | 22.7 | 24.9 | 28.9 | 26.1 | 19.4 | 17.6 | |||
| Development expenditure | 6.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 5.9 | |||
| Overall deficit (commitment basis) | |||||||||
| Excluding grants | -17.3 | -15.8 | -19.7 | -16.7 | -11.6 | -11.7 | |||
| Including grants | -9.3 | -9.4 | -9.9 | -7.0 | -2.5 | -1.7 | |||
| Change in arrears | 3.3 | -35.8 | -0.2 | -0.7 | -1.1 | -0.2 | |||
| Overall deficit (cash basis) | -6.1 | -45.3 | -10.1 | -7.8 | -3.7 | -1.9 | |||
| Foreign financing | 6.1 | 42.0 | 8.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.8 | |||
| Domestic financing | 0.1 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 5.4 | -0.1 | 1.2 | |||
| Bank | -2.0 | 2.9 | -0.3 | 3.0 | -1.8 | -0.5 | |||
| Nonbank | 2.1 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | |||
| Float/unaccounted | -0.1 | -0.4 | 0.2 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.1 | |||
| Memorandum items: | |||||||||
| Opening money stock (in millions of Leones) | 134,078 | 139,957 | 189,437 | 247,478 | 344,524 | 424,173 | |||
| Bank financing/Broad money | -19.6 | 30.6 | -3.0 | 22.9 | -9.0 | -2.0 | |||
| Primary budget deficit (commitment basis) | -73,060 | -80,716 | -74,686 | -136,116 | -84,060 | -110,322 | |||
| (In percent of GDP) | -5.5 | -5.4 | -4.5 | -7.3 | -2.9 | -3.1 | |||
| GDP at current market prices | 1,330,319 | 1,487,724 | 1,643,332 | 1,863,000 | 2,854,489 | 3,518,200 | |||
Source: Sierra Leonean authorities. GDP data deviate from IMF estimates.
Table 7.
Sierra Leone: Government Budgetary Operations, 2000–05
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In millions of leones) | |||||||||
| Domestic Revenue | 152,175 | 207,669 | 238,691 | 287,657 | 356,966 | 415,982 | |||
| Tax | 135,166 | 192,576 | 223,470 | 267,960 | 319,269 | 350,422 | |||
| Nontax | 17,009 | 15,093 | 15,221 | 19,697 | 37,697 | 65,560 | |||
| Grants | 106,107 | 95,023 | 161,336 | 179,343 | 259,376 | 351,870 | |||
| Expenditure | 382,344 | 442,760 | 562,252 | 597,999 | 688,092 | 828,304 | |||
| Recurrent expenditure | 301,831 | 371,132 | 474,811 | 485,368 | 555,046 | 620,728 | |||
| Development expenditure and net lending | 80,512 | 71,628 | 87,441 | 112,631 | 133,046 | 207,575 | |||
| Overall deficit (commitment basis) | |||||||||
| Excluding grants | -230,169 | -235,091 | -323,561 | -310,342 | -331,126 | -412,322 | |||
| Including grants | -124,062 | -140,068 | -162,225 | -130,999 | -71,749 | -60,452 | |||
| Change in arrears | 43,310 | -533,199 | -3,586 | -13,539 | -32,455 | -5,983 | |||
| Overall deficit (cash basis) | -80,752 | -673,267 | -165,811 | -144,538 | -104,204 | -66,434 | |||
| Total financing | 80,752 | 673,267 | 165,811 | 144,538 | 104,204 | 66,434 | |||
| Foreign financing | 81,610 | 624,766 | 143,734 | 56,133 | 97,078 | 26,872 | |||
| Disbursements | 123,584 | 95,370 | 141,605 | 93,627 | 150,971 | 105,136 | |||
| Amortization due | -41,974 | -38,515 | -48,284 | -37,494 | -53,893 | -78,264 | |||
| Amount paid | -11,202 | -425,769 | -34,250 | -37,494 | -53,893 | -78,264 | |||
| Arrears | 30,772 | -387,254 | 14,034 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Debt relief obtained | … | 567,911 | 50,413 | 0 | 25,093 | 0 | |||
| Domestic financing | 968 | 51,791 | 18,600 | 100,652 | -1,949 | 42,737 | |||
| Bank | -26,321 | 42,844 | -5,603 | 56,622 | -51,477 | -16,369 | |||
| Nonbank | 27,289 | 8,947 | 24,203 | 44,030 | 49,528 | 59,106 | |||
| Privatization | 22 | 2,060 | 472 | 270 | 52 | 0 | |||
| Float/unaccounted | -1,848 | -5,350 | 3,005 | -12,517 | -16,070 | -3,175 | |||
| (In percent of GDP) | |||||||||
| Revenue | 11.4 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 15.4 | 12.5 | 11.8 | |||
| Expenditure | 28.7 | 29.8 | 34.2 | 32.1 | 24.1 | 23.5 | |||
| Recurrent expenditure | 22.7 | 24.9 | 28.9 | 26.1 | 19.4 | 17.6 | |||
| Development expenditure | 6.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 5.9 | |||
| Overall deficit (commitment basis) | |||||||||
| Excluding grants | -17.3 | -15.8 | -19.7 | -16.7 | -11.6 | -11.7 | |||
| Including grants | -9.3 | -9.4 | -9.9 | -7.0 | -2.5 | -1.7 | |||
| Change in arrears | 3.3 | -35.8 | -0.2 | -0.7 | -1.1 | -0.2 | |||
| Overall deficit (cash basis) | -6.1 | -45.3 | -10.1 | -7.8 | -3.7 | -1.9 | |||
| Foreign financing | 6.1 | 42.0 | 8.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.8 | |||
| Domestic financing | 0.1 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 5.4 | -0.1 | 1.2 | |||
| Bank | -2.0 | 2.9 | -0.3 | 3.0 | -1.8 | -0.5 | |||
| Nonbank | 2.1 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | |||
| Float/unaccounted | -0.1 | -0.4 | 0.2 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.1 | |||
| Memorandum items: | |||||||||
| Opening money stock (in millions of Leones) | 134,078 | 139,957 | 189,437 | 247,478 | 344,524 | 424,173 | |||
| Bank financing/Broad money | -19.6 | 30.6 | -3.0 | 22.9 | -9.0 | -2.0 | |||
| Primary budget deficit (commitment basis) | -73,060 | -80,716 | -74,686 | -136,116 | -84,060 | -110,322 | |||
| (In percent of GDP) | -5.5 | -5.4 | -4.5 | -7.3 | -2.9 | -3.1 | |||
| GDP at current market prices | 1,330,319 | 1,487,724 | 1,643,332 | 1,863,000 | 2,854,489 | 3,518,200 | |||
Source: Sierra Leonean authorities. GDP data deviate from IMF estimates.
Table 8.Sources: Sierra Leonean authorities.
Sierra Leone: Government Revenue, 2000–05
1/
For 1996, includes excise duties collected on tobacco and beer and stout.
2/
For 1996, includes employers’ payroll tax and taxes on international travel.
Table 8.
Sources: Sierra Leonean authorities.
Sierra Leone: Government Revenue, 2000–05
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In millions of leones) | |||||||||
| Taxes on income and profit | 39,243 | 53,697 | 61,642 | 73,046 | 93,963 | 110,153 | |||
| Corporate profits tax | 15,929 | 19,994 | 29,117 | 38,578 | 47,622 | 61,696 | |||
| Individual income tax | 23,314 | 33,703 | 32,525 | 34,468 | 46,341 | 48,458 | |||
| Taxes on goods and services | 27,908 | 43,751 | 51,154 | 63,742 | 85,257 | 103,501 | |||
| Excise duties | 18,974 | 27,036 | 32,128 | 41,195 | 45,798 | 49,991 | |||
| Fuel and oil | 18,008 | 21,024 | 28,337 | 36,693 | 41,076 | 42,347 | |||
| Tobacco | … | … | … | … | |||||
| Beer and stout | … | … | … | … | |||||
| Other 1/ | 966 | 6,012 | 3,791 | 4,502 | 4,722 | 7,643 | |||
| Domestic sales tax | 533 | 6,670 | 7,758 | 7,018 | 9,655 | 13,707 | |||
| Mining licenses | 729 | 1,196 | 2,034 | 3,040 | 7,720 | 8,243 | |||
| Royalties | 3,031 | 2,664 | 2,309 | 2,643 | 5,231 | 7,626 | |||
| Bauxite | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,683 | |||
| Rutile | 786 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 318 | |||
| Fisheries | 2,242 | 2,664 | 2,309 | 2,643 | 5,231 | 5,625 | |||
| Road user fees | 4,641 | 6,185 | 6,925 | 9,847 | 16,853 | 23,935 | |||
| Other taxes on goods and services | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Taxes on international travel | … | … | … | … | |||||
| Taxes on international trade | 75,917 | 104,475 | 120,703 | 144,166 | 166,137 | 172,283 | |||
| Import duties | 75,917 | 104,475 | 120,703 | 144,166 | 166,137 | 172,283 | |||
| Import duty and fees | 75,917 | 104,475 | 120,703 | 144,166 | 166,137 | 172,283 | |||
| Import sales tax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Other charges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Export duties | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Other taxes | 1,247 | 698 | 1,239 | 2,535 | 3,717 | 4,288 | |||
| Employers’ payroll tax | … | … | … | … | |||||
| Freight levy | 748 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Other 2/ | 499 | 698 | 1,239 | 2,535 | 3,717 | 4,288 | |||
| Total tax revenue | 144,315 | 202,621 | 234,738 | 283,489 | 349,073 | 390,226 | |||
| Nontax revenue | 7,859 | 5,048 | 3,952 | 4,168 | 7,893 | 25,756 | |||
| Property income | … | … | … | … | 2,355 | 7,348 | |||
| Public enterprises | … | … | … | … | 2,355 | 7,348 | |||
| Other | … | … | … | … | |||||
| Administration fees and other charges | … | … | … | … | |||||
| Other | 7,859 | 5,048 | 3,952 | 4,168 | 5,538 | 18,409 | |||
| Total revenue | 152,174 | 207,669 | 238,690 | 287,657 | 356,966 | 415,982 | |||
| (In percent of GDP) | |||||||||
| Taxes on income and profit | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | |||
| Taxes on goods and services | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.9 | |||
| Taxes on international trade | 5.7 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 5.8 | 4.9 | |||
| Other taxes | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Tax revenue | 10.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 15.2 | 12.2 | 11.1 | |||
| Nontax revenue | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | |||
| Total revenue | 11.4 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 15.4 | 12.5 | 11.8 | |||
| (In percent of total revenue) | |||||||||
| Taxes on income and profit | 25.8 | 25.9 | 25.8 | 25.4 | 26.3 | 26.5 | |||
| Taxes on goods and services | 18.3 | 21.1 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 23.9 | 24.9 | |||
| Taxes on international trade | 49.9 | 50.3 | 13.6 | 12.0 | 46.5 | 41.4 | |||
| Other taxes | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Tax revenue | 94.8 | 97.6 | 21.4 | 22.2 | 97.8 | 93.8 | |||
| Nontax revenue | 5.2 | 2.4 | 13.5 | 14.3 | 2.2 | 6.2 | |||
Table 8.
Sierra Leone: Government Revenue, 2000–05
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In millions of leones) | |||||||||
| Taxes on income and profit | 39,243 | 53,697 | 61,642 | 73,046 | 93,963 | 110,153 | |||
| Corporate profits tax | 15,929 | 19,994 | |||||||