Sierra Leone

Sub-Saharan Africa

Account Ownership

Percent of adults age 15+ with an account at a financial institution or through a mobile money provider. Regional average excludes high income countries

Source: The Global Findex Database 2017

Gender Gap in Account Ownership

Percent of adults age 15+ with an account by gender

Source: The Global Findex Database 2017

Use of Financial Services

Percent of adults age 15+ in 2017
Source: The Global Findex Database 2017
Country Resources
The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2018

Publications

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Paper

Resilient and Inclusive Financial Services Delivery During COVID-19

This report draws on the lessons that main actors in Zambia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone have learned about resilience in the times of COVID-19 and identifies key insights into how they have continued to expand financial inclusion.

Toronto Centre
Paper

Navigating Through COVID-19: A Snapshot on How the Pandemic Affected MSMEs in Sierra Leone

Country assessment reflecting the impact of the pandemic on banked enterprises

International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Paper

The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola

Lessons from an Empowerment Program
Oriana Bandiera, Niklas Buehren, Markus Goldstein, Imran Rasul & Andrea Smurra

News & Events

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News

Sierra Leone’s Thumbprint Breakthrough to Sign up Unbanked

/ Financial Times
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