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Sierra Leonean Leone
SLLSierra Leone · Issued by Bank of Sierra Leone
Price (USD)
—
Inflation (2024)
+28.63%
10y M2 change
-99%
M69 Score
38.2
Redenominated 2022
Market Cap (USD)
—
via M2 · 2024
M2 (local currency)
32.02B SLL
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+28.63%
World Bank · annual
Country
Sierra Leone
ISO 4217 · SLL
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Sierra Leonean Leone M2 money supply
Broad money in SLL (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Sierra Leonean Leone inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Sierra Leone. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Sierra Leonean Leone be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 SLL in 2007 buys today
1.25 SLLworth of goods
Lost 99% of purchasing power since 2007.
To match 2007 purchasing power, you need today
8,009.8 SLL
34 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 16:14:28
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- SLE
Note: Redenominated 2022
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/SLL
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Sierra Leonean Leone?+
The Sierra Leonean Leone (SLL) is issued by Bank of Sierra Leone. As the monetary authority for Sierra Leone, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Sierra Leonean Leone?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Sierra Leonean Leone: 28.63% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Sierra Leonean Leone been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately -99% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between SLL as accounting unit and SLL as a store of value.
Is the Sierra Leonean Leone sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Sierra Leonean Leone currently scores 38.2. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Sierra Leonean Leone compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.