Last updated: 12/11/2021 Sierra Leone Region: Sub-Saharan AfricaCapital: FreetownCurrency: SLL Social Protection and Economic Data Income Category: Low income Data from World Bank (2021) Population growth (%): 2.07% Data from World Bank (2020) Human Development Index (HDI): 0.45 Data from Human Development Report (2019) Age dependency ratio (%): 76.28% Data from World Bank (2021) Population: 7 976 985 Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP): 3.87 bi Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita: 484.52 Data from World Bank (2020) Resources on socialprotection.org Legal and Policy Frameworks Legal instrument 1 Policy document 2 Programmes Social assistance 2 Social insurance 0 Labour market 2 Other Content publications 43 databases 33 webinars 4 blog posts 11 multimedia 3 news 18 Social Protection Programmes Productive Social Safety Nets and Youth Employment, PSSNYE. Sierra Leone - Government Profile Social Safety Net Programme Sierra Leone - National Commission for Social Action, NaCSA, World Bank Group Youth Employment Support Project, YESP Sierra Leone - National Commission for Social Action, NaCSA, Sierra Leone - Government Profile, World Bank Group Legal and Policy Frameworks Sierra Leone: Employment Act 2023 2023 Africa, Sierra Leone National Social Protection Strategy for Sierra Leone 2022-2026 2022 Sierra Leone, Africa National draft policy framework for social protection in Sierra Leone 2009 Africa, Sierra Leone