African Presidents' Salaries Compared to National GNI Per Capita

An infographic released by Africa Review compared the official salaries of sitting African presidents against their country's per capita income. The report noted that Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf earned $90,000, which was over 113 times Liberia's $790 GNI per capita. Meanwhile, Ernest Bai Koroma, the President of Sierra Leone at the time, earned $12,000, or 6.8 times Sierra Leone's $1,750 GNI per capita.

The comparison highlights significant income disparity between the official salaries of heads of state and the average national income. The report also noted that GNI per capita is an average figure that may be raised by the comparatively high incomes of a small elite class.