Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Sierra Leonean Leone (SLE)
- Symbol
- Le — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- Le 123,456.78
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes SLE yet
Tax
- 0% — zero rated
Payment methods in Sierra Leone
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 cash on delivery
- 02 orange money
- 03 afrimoney
- 04 bank transfer
- 05 card
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- en-SL
- Official languages
- English
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +232
- Mobile format
- +232 XX XXX XXX
- Digits
- 8
Sierra Leone: common questions
What currency does Sierra Leone use?
Sierra Leone uses the Sierra Leonean Leone (SLE), symbol Le. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as Le 123,456.78.
How many decimal places does SLE have?
SLE has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the GST rate in Sierra Leone?
The standard GST rate in Sierra Leone is 15.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Sierra Leone?
The methods that matter in Sierra Leone, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, orange money, afrimoney, bank transfer, card.
What is the dialling code for Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone's country calling code is +232. Mobile numbers are formatted +232 XX XXX XXX (8 digits after the country code).
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