Country
Sierra Leone
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Freetown
- ISO code
- SL · SLE
73 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 8.8M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 3,176 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 62.0 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.2 t CO₂
Population
- Population 8.8M 2025 100th of 214
- Population density 120 people/km² 2024 87th of 212
- Population growth 2.04 % per year 2025 47th of 214
- Natural increase 22.3 per 1,000 people 2023 36th of 228
- Net migration -1.3 per 1,000 people 2025 138th of 214
- Fertility rate 3.70 births per woman 2024 35th of 214
- Urban population 45.9 % 2025 156th of 214
- Median age 19.3 years 2023 193rd of 228
- Population aged 65+ 3.3 % 2025 182nd of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 5.6 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 186th of 214
- Children under 15 37.7 % 2025 36th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 62.0 years 2024 203rd of 214
- Life expectancy, women 63.7 years 2024 201st of 214
- Life expectancy, men 60.2 years 2024 202nd of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 3.5 years 2024 184th of 214
- Infant mortality 54.6 per 1,000 births 2024 12th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 90.5 per 1,000 births 2024 7th of 195
- Maternal mortality 354 per 100,000 births 2023 19th of 193
- Health spending per person 36 USD 2023 177th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 159 $ (PPP) 2023 163rd of 191
- Physicians 0.13 per 1,000 people 2022 165th of 179
- Hospital beds 0.4 per 1,000 people 2006 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 90 % 2024 91st of 191
- Undernourishment 25.3 % 2024 14th of 165
- Tobacco use 11.3 % 2024 124th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,437 kcal per day 2023 151st of 175
- Meat supply 10.8 kg per person per year 2023 164th of 175
Economy
- GDP 7.5B USD 2025 151st of 185
- GDP per capita 846 USD 2025 177th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 3,176 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 164th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 1,690 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 150th of 165
- GDP growth 4.6 % 2025 52nd of 185
- GDP per capita growth 2.5 % 2025 93rd of 185
- Inflation 7.5 % 2025 28th of 169
- Unemployment 3.2 % 2025 137th of 181
- Youth unemployment 3.7 % 2025 167th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 25.9 % 2018 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Trade 41 % of GDP 2024 151st of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 35.7 2018 68th of 151
- Extreme poverty 41.5 % 2018 18th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 29.2 % of GDP 2024 13th of 187
- Women in the labour force 51.6 % 2025 107th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.467 2023 184th of 192
- Literacy rate 43.6 % 2019 115th of 122
- Education spending 4.9 % of GDP 2022 49th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 87 % 2023 99th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 2 % 2002 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 100 % 2023 31st of 135
- Women in parliament 29.5 % 2025 79th of 183
- Homicide rate 2.2 per 100,000 people 2020 71st of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 25 % 2024 169th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 108 per 100 people 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Fixed broadband 0.0 per 100 people 2021 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Access to electricity 39.2 % 2024 202nd of 212
- Safe drinking water 11 % 2024 144th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 17 % 2024 127th of 140
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 1.5 Mt CO₂ 2024 157th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.2 t CO₂ 2024 181st of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.17 t CO₂ 2024 198th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 166th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 0.9 t CO₂e 2024 184th of 201
- Forest area 34.0 % of land 2024 100th of 208
- Water stress 0 % 2022 166th of 176
- Arable land 21.9 % of land 2024 48th of 205
- Renewable energy 71.1 % of final energy 2021 28th of 210
- Renewable electricity 95.2 % of electricity 2024 15th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 9.5 % of electricity 2024 44th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 57 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 179th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 24 kWh 2024 187th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 22.5 µg/m³ 2023 69th of 199
Sierra Leone on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldEnglish · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldSierra Leonean leone (SLE)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTCSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType D, G · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)