📈 Labor Force Forecast
Sierra Leone is expected to have a forecasted labor force of 3 million persons by 2024.
Source: International Labour Organization: ILOSTAT Database, 2020
🎓 Education Pipeline
Approximately 1.3 million students are enrolled in secondary education and 660,000 in tertiary education.
💰 Competitive Wages
The national minimum wage was updated in 2014 to SLL 500,000 per month (~USD $48 as of 2021).
💰 Sierra Leone is highly competitive in salaries among its African peers
Sierra Leone is between 50–70% more cost effective than its peers in professions such as unskilled and skilled production operatives.
Source: fDi Benchmark, a service from fDi Intelligence Financial Times Limited.