Sierra Leone - GDP Growth 1998
1.79%
+19.38pp from 1997
Sierra Leone's gdp growth was 1.79% in 1998, increased +19.38pp from -5.88% in 1997. This was the 152nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1998▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Iraq | 35.00% | 64.8% |
| 2nd | Liberia | 30.21% | -71.6% |
| 3rd | Equatorial Guinea | 23.77% | -83.9% |
| 4th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.62% | -27.3% |
| 5th | Tuvalu | 15.50% | 55.0% |
| 6th | West Bank and Gaza | 14.33% | -2.3% |
| 7th | Isle of Man | 13.50% | 57.0% |
| 8th | Cabo Verde | 12.52% | 63.9% |
| 9th | Grenada | 11.75% | 139.1% |
| 10th | Honduras | 11.58% | 151.8% |
| 11th | Qatar | 11.22% | -59.6% |
| 12th | Mozambique | 10.37% | -12.2% |
| 13th | Azerbaijan | 10.00% | 12.6% |
| 14th | Niger | 9.97% | 553.1% |
| 15th | Rwanda | 8.86% | -40.5% |
| 16th | Ireland | 8.77% | -18.4% |
| 17th | Belarus | 8.40% | -26.5% |
| 18th | Panama | 8.39% | 30.1% |
| 19th | Albania | 8.31% | 176.1% |
| 20th | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.12% | 8.0% |
| 21st | China | 7.92% | -15.0% |
| 22nd | Liechtenstein | 7.76% | 7.4% |
| 23rd | Greenland | 7.76% | 428.1% |
| 24th | Maldives | 7.49% | -28.0% |
| 25th | San Marino | 7.47% | - |
| 26th | Lithuania | 7.46% | -10.6% |
| 27th | Burkina Faso | 7.31% | 15.7% |
| 28th | Armenia | 7.30% | 125.0% |
| 29th | Morocco | 7.24% | 459.8% |
| 30th | Costa Rica | 7.16% | 30.7% |
| 31st | Turkmenistan | 7.10% | 162.8% |
| 32nd | Iceland | 7.01% | 69.3% |
| 33rd | Chad | 6.95% | 23.0% |
| 34th | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.79% | 722.5% |
| 35th | Dominican Republic | 6.71% | -24.7% |
| 36th | Luxembourg | 6.67% | 12.4% |
| 37th | Mali | 6.65% | 38.7% |
| 38th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 6.59% | 457.9% |
| 39th | Latvia | 6.55% | -28.6% |
| 40th | St. Lucia | 6.29% | 1,005.8% |
| 41st | Mexico | 6.19% | -14.1% |
| 42nd | India | 6.18% | 52.7% |
| 43rd | Cyprus | 6.11% | 131.3% |
| 44th | Mauritius | 6.07% | 6.8% |
| 45th | Yemen, Republic of | 6.01% | 14.8% |
| 46th | Bhutan | 5.91% | 6.7% |
| 47th | Senegal | 5.90% | 117.1% |
| 48th | Myanmar | 5.87% | 3.8% |
| 49th | Viet Nam | 5.76% | -29.3% |
| 50th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.58% | -5.8% |
| 51st | Puerto Rico (US) | 5.53% | 13.3% |
| 52nd | Finland | 5.45% | -14.8% |
| 53rd | Serbia | 5.34% | -40.2% |
| 54th | Tajikistan | 5.31% | 212.5% |
| 55th | Bangladesh | 5.18% | 15.3% |
| 56th | Malta | 5.13% | -2.5% |
| 57th | Algeria | 5.10% | 363.6% |
| 58th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.03% | 1.5% |
| 59th | Guatemala | 4.99% | 21.8% |
| 60th | Uganda | 4.91% | 6.2% |
| 61st | Montenegro | 4.90% | - |
| 62nd | Portugal | 4.81% | 9.2% |
| 63rd | Bahrain | 4.79% | 104.0% |
| 64th | Tunisia | 4.78% | -16.4% |
| 65th | Burundi | 4.75% | 1,050.1% |
| 66th | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.73% | -13.5% |
| 67th | Cameroon | 4.73% | -11.1% |
| 68th | Bahamas, The | 4.72% | -4.6% |
| 69th | Ghana | 4.70% | -18.9% |
| 70th | Central African Republic | 4.70% | 14.5% |
| 71st | Sri Lanka | 4.70% | -54.3% |
| 72nd | Angola | 4.69% | -35.5% |
| 73rd | Cambodia | 4.68% | 16.8% |
| 74th | Australia | 4.68% | -0.8% |
| 75th | Netherlands | 4.65% | 9.5% |
| 76th | Poland | 4.62% | -34.8% |
| 77th | Uruguay | 4.52% | -17.8% |
| 78th | United States | 4.48% | 0.8% |
| 79th | Kiribati | 4.44% | 277.4% |
| 80th | Estonia | 4.34% | -66.7% |
| 81st | Sudan | 4.31% | -28.9% |
| 82nd | Spain | 4.30% | 11.3% |
| 83rd | Uzbekistan | 4.30% | -17.3% |
| 84th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.26% | -25.5% |
| 85th | Sweden | 4.25% | 38.5% |
| 86th | Chile | 4.18% | -43.4% |
| 87th | Israel | 4.11% | 13.9% |
| 88th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.09% | 16.7% |
| 89th | Lao PDR | 3.97% | -42.6% |
| 90th | Benin | 3.96% | -30.9% |
| 91st | Madagascar | 3.92% | 6.1% |
| 92nd | Bermuda | 3.90% | -15.2% |
| 93rd | Malawi | 3.90% | -40.9% |
| 94th | Belize | 3.89% | -8.1% |
| 95th | Canada | 3.89% | -9.0% |
| 96th | Argentina | 3.85% | -52.5% |
| 97th | Hungary | 3.85% | 29.2% |
| 98th | Slovak Republic | 3.83% | -13.9% |
| 99th | Bulgaria | 3.79% | 126.8% |
| 100th | Dominica | 3.77% | 72.7% |
| 101st | Congo, Republic of | 3.74% | 472.3% |
| 102nd | Barbados | 3.73% | -21.3% |
| 103rd | Nicaragua | 3.71% | -6.4% |
| 104th | Tanzania | 3.71% | 5.2% |
| 105th | Lebanon | 3.67% | -64.0% |
| 106th | Kuwait | 3.66% | 46.9% |
| 107th | Guinea | 3.64% | -29.7% |
| 108th | Monaco | 3.50% | 56.6% |
| 109th | Gambia, The | 3.50% | 147.0% |
| 110th | Austria | 3.49% | 62.8% |
| 111th | Gabon | 3.48% | -39.4% |
| 112th | France | 3.45% | 37.3% |
| 113th | Greece | 3.44% | -4.6% |
| 114th | North Macedonia | 3.38% | 150.1% |
| 115th | Mongolia | 3.34% | -14.3% |
| 116th | Namibia | 3.29% | -21.9% |
| 117th | Kenya | 3.29% | 700.5% |
| 118th | Ecuador | 3.27% | -24.5% |
| 119th | United Kingdom | 3.25% | -34.1% |
| 120th | Andorra | 3.19% | -64.8% |
| 121st | Georgia | 3.10% | -70.0% |
| 122nd | Slovenia | 3.06% | -40.8% |
| 123rd | Switzerland | 3.03% | 35.7% |
| 124th | Nepal | 3.02% | -42.7% |
| 125th | Jordan | 3.01% | -19.5% |
| 126th | European Union | 2.98% | 11.1% |
| 127th | Zimbabwe | 2.89% | 7.6% |
| 128th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.84% | 145.4% |
| 129th | Saudi Arabia | 2.80% | 5.9% |
| 130th | Mauritania | 2.78% | 168.7% |
| 131st | Norway | 2.67% | -49.5% |
| 132nd | El Salvador | 2.65% | -15.4% |
| 133rd | Eswatini | 2.60% | -16.1% |
| 134th | Nigeria | 2.58% | -10.6% |
| 135th | Pakistan | 2.55% | 49.7% |
| 136th | São Tomé and Principe | 2.50% | 151.0% |
| 137th | Seychelles | 2.47% | -79.8% |
| 138th | Denmark | 2.33% | -26.5% |
| 139th | Suriname | 2.30% | -67.1% |
| 140th | Tonga | 2.29% | 460.5% |
| 141st | Croatia | 2.25% | -66.1% |
| 142nd | Samoa | 2.19% | 173.3% |
| 143rd | Haiti | 2.18% | -19.3% |
| 144th | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.12% | -78.6% |
| 145th | Germany | 2.10% | 13.0% |
| 146th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.08% | 54.1% |
| 147th | Palau | 2.00% | -13.0% |
| 148th | Aruba | 1.99% | -71.6% |
| 149th | Belgium | 1.96% | -48.3% |
| 150th | Türkiye | 1.91% | -74.6% |
| 151st | Italy | 1.80% | -6.3% |
| 152nd | Sierra Leone | 1.79% | 110.1% |
| 153rd | Eritrea | 1.77% | -77.6% |
| 154th | French Polynesia | 1.73% | 1,511.4% |
| 155th | Lesotho | 1.54% | -53.0% |
| 156th | Fiji | 1.30% | 154.2% |
| 157th | Solomon Islands | 1.29% | 241.3% |
| 158th | Vanuatu | 1.18% | -76.0% |
| 159th | New Zealand | 0.86% | -64.9% |
| 160th | Colombia | 0.57% | -83.4% |
| 161st | South Africa | 0.50% | -80.8% |
| 162nd | Botswana | 0.44% | -93.8% |
| 163rd | Brazil | 0.34% | -90.0% |
| 164th | United Arab Emirates | 0.29% | -96.6% |
| 165th | Cuba | 0.16% | -94.3% |
| 166th | Djibouti | 0.11% | 109.4% |
| 167th | Paraguay | 0.07% | -98.4% |
| 168th | Comoros | 0.03% | -99.4% |
| 169th | Oman | -0.07% | -101.1% |
| 170th | Zambia | -0.39% | -110.1% |
| 171st | Peru | -0.39% | -106.0% |
| 172nd | Czechia | -0.39% | 34.0% |
| 173rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | -0.49% | -106.6% |
| 174th | Philippines | -0.51% | -109.9% |
| 175th | Marshall Islands | -0.67% | 89.5% |
| 176th | Japan | -1.27% | -229.5% |
| 177th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.62% | 79.3% |
| 178th | Guyana | -1.68% | -127.1% |
| 179th | Kazakhstan | -1.90% | -211.8% |
| 180th | Ukraine | -1.90% | 36.7% |
| 181st | Timor-Leste | -2.00% | -150.0% |
| 182nd | Romania | -2.03% | 66.5% |
| 183rd | Singapore | -2.19% | -126.3% |
| 184th | Togo | -2.30% | -160.5% |
| 185th | Jamaica | -2.33% | -42.3% |
| 186th | New Caledonia | -3.20% | -259.4% |
| 187th | Libya | -3.55% | -34.8% |
| 188th | Papua New Guinea | -3.77% | 40.6% |
| 189th | Macao SAR, China | -4.57% | -1,538.5% |
| 190th | Korea | -4.94% | -178.6% |
| 191st | Russian Federation | -5.30% | -485.2% |
| 192nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | -5.88% | -215.3% |
| 193rd | Moldova | -6.54% | -508.9% |
| 194th | Brunei Darussalam | -6.66% | -352.6% |
| 195th | Malaysia | -7.36% | -200.4% |
| 196th | Thailand | -7.63% | -177.2% |
| 197th | Nauru | -11.79% | -31.7% |
| 198th | Indonesia | -13.13% | -379.3% |
| 199th | Guinea-Bissau | -22.45% | -474.5% |
FAQ
What was Sierra Leone's gdp growth in 1998?▾
Sierra Leone's gdp growth in 1998 was 1.79%. This ranked 152nd globally.
How did Sierra Leone's gdp growth change in 1998?▾
Sierra Leone's gdp growth increased by 110.1% in 1998 compared to 1997.
Which country had the highest gdp growth in 1998?▾
Iraq had the highest gdp growth in 1998 at 35.00%.
What is the gdp growth of Sierra Leone in 1998?▾
The gdp growth of Sierra Leone in 1998 was 1.79%. This ranked 152nd globally.
How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Sierra Leone's gdp growth?▾
Sierra Leone's gdp growth went from -5.88% in 1997 to 1.79% in 1998, a 110.1% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Sierra Leone matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1998. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: -0.9%. View full analysis →
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