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Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone requires the National Identification Number (NIN) for bank accounts and is linking it to SIM cards. No CBDC work was found.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Sierra Leone
- Program
- National Identification Number (NIN), NCRA
- Status
- Mandatory for daily life
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
- Law
- National Civil Registration Act 2016
The National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) reports about 93 percent ID registration coverage. An August 2025 MoU linked NIN to SIM registration, and banks were told to update customer records with NIN by 31 December 2025. NCRA signed a MOSIP pilot MoU in January 2023.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- No known work
No public CBDC work found as of Oct 2026.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2025-08Rolling it out
NCRA, the telecom regulator and operators signed an agreement to link NIN to SIM cards. ID4Africa 2025 — Sierra Leone ↗
UN and WHO
How Sierra Leone has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 55.9 · rank 142 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 4
Sovereignty score
How the -2 adds up
- -2Digital ID required for banking, phones or daily life
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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.