Distillers Country guides / Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
A one-page guide to Sierra Leone for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Freetown
- Official languages
- English
- Currency
- Leone (SLE)
- Time zone
- UTC+0 (GMT)
People
- Population growth
- 2.0% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 45.9%
- Aged under 15
- 37.7%
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.3%
- Life expectancy
- 62.0 years
Climate
Tropical, about 26 C average. Rainy season May-November, dry season December-May including the harmattan.
Alcohol
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 0.25 litres of pure alcohol (2022)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Sierra Leone; World Bank indicators API; WHO Global Health Observatory API; UN Comtrade public API. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.