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The economy of Sierra Leone is that of a least developed country〔United Nations OHRLLS. (Least Developed Countries: Country profiles ) Retrieved 2010-03-24.〕 with a GDP of approximately 1.9 billion USD in 2009.〔 German Foreign Office. (Country Information Sierra Leone - Economy ) Partly citing the ''Economist Intelligence Unit''. Retrieved 2010-03-24.〕 Since the end of the civil war in 2002 the economy is gradually recovering with a GDP growth rate between 4 and 7%.〔 In 2008 its GDP in PPP ranked between 147th (World Bank) and 153rd (CIA) largest in the world.〔List of countries by GDP (PPP)〕 Sierra Leone's economic development has always been hampered by an overdependence on mineral exploitation. Successive governments and the population as a whole have always believed that "diamonds and gold" are sufficient generators of foreign currency earnings and lure for investment. As a result, large scale agriculture of commodity products, industrial development and sustainable investments have been neglected by governments. The economy could thus be described as one which is "exploitative" - a rentier state - and based upon the extraction of unsustainable resources or non-reusable assets. Two-thirds of the population of Sierra Leone are directly involved in subsistence agriculture. Agriculture accounted for 58 percent national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2007. ==Economic history== This is a chart of trend of gross domestic product of Sierra Leone at market prices estimated by the International Monetary Fund and EconStats〔http://www.econstats.com/IMF/IFS_Sie1_99B__.htm#Year〕 with figures in millions of Sierra Leones. Current GDP per capita of Sierra Leone grew 32% in the 1960s, reaching a peak growth of 107% in the 1970s. But this proved unsustainable and it consequently shrank by 52% in the 1980s and a further 10% in the 1990s. The mean wage was US$0.32 per hour in 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Economy of Sierra Leone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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