IndicatorSLESierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.79rank #60Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)32.2rank #152Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.43rank #63Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.34rank #80Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.82rank #47Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)33.3rank #179Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.79rank #60Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.37%rank #143Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.31rank #79Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)58.8rank #143Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)36.5rank #177Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)44.7rank #154Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.54rank #82Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.47rank #78Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.35rank #84Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)49.2rank #125Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)29.5%rank #74Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.8rank #61Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)44.5%rank #31Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)29.5%rank #11Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per workerPenn World Table6,159.4rank #172Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)-14.1%rank #155Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT51.5%rank #130Data 2026 · Status unspecified
External debt stocks% GNIWorld Bank (WDI)31.1%rank #28Data 2024 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)2.4%rank #83Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)7.46Brank #151Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)4.6%rank #52Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)846.3rank #178Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)3,176.2rank #165Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)1,713.7rank #182Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)23.2%rank #64Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)19.2%rank #91Data 2024 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)0.74%rank #142Data 2018 · Status unspecified
Human capital indexindexPenn World Table1.6rank #135Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)25.7%rank #65Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)7.5%rank #142Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT53.2%rank #144Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)4.6%rank #50Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)Penn World Table0.45rank #92Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)49.1%rank #107Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)3.2%rank #44Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT3.2%rank #47Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)86%rank #181Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)3.7%rank #15Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT3.9%rank #17Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)20.9%rank #111Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)28.2%rank #104Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)1.53Brank #151Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)1.89Brank #166Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)68.1%rank #152Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)24.9%rank #167Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data9.1rank #150Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data2,437.3rank #152Data 2023 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF91%rank #9Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)4.7%rank #130Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)54.6rank #139Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)62rank #206Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)354rank #99Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)90%rank #10Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF90%rank #10Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF2.8%rank #8Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)0.13rank #109Data 2022 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)22.5rank #132Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)33rank #128Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Smoking prevalence% adultsWorld Bank (WDI)11.3%rank #30Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF26.3%rank #22Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)6.1rank #75Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)372rank #136Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF90.5rank #190Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Undernourishment% popWorld Bank (WDI)25.3%rank #74Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF6.3%rank #18Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)43.6%rank #52Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)2.6%rank #94Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)9.1rank #178Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)3.5rank #180Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)99.2%rank #31Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)162.1%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)86.9%rank #100Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)2%rank #115Data 2002 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)30.1rank #29Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)3.7rank #35Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP19.3rank #182Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP-0.47rank #122Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)8.82Mrank #100Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)2%rank #47Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP66rank #204Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP12,948.3rank #91Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP71.6rank #42Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)45.9%rank #147Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data1.43Mrank #162Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data0.17rank #191Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)39.2%rank #71Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber0%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber85.7%rank #12Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber9.5%rank #40Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber0%rank #104Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)34%rank #101Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch1.3rank #17Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber47.6rank #12Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data95.2%rank #9Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)71.6%rank #9Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch10.9rank #51Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)24.9%rank #66Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)56.4%rank #60Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #1Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)208,810rank #61Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)0.13%rank #9Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)12.6%rank #111Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)55.2%rank #50Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)185rank #150Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)1,370.3rank #142Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)129.1rank #36Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)0rank #206Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)107.9rank #116Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)11.3rank #204Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR8,342rank #118Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Extreme poverty% popWorld Bank (WDI)41.5%rank #47Data 2018 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)51.6%rank #107Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)0rank #202Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Gender Development IndexratioUNDP (HDRO)0.83rank #103Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Inequality Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.57rank #134Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gini indexindexWorld Bank (WDI)35.7rank #43Data 2018 · Status unspecified
Homicide rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)2.2rank #59Data 2020 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.47rank #152Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.28rank #139Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internally displaced personspeopleUNHCR300,000rank #10Data 2000 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)25.1%rank #167Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life satisfaction0-10Our World in Data3.3rank #143Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.46rank #122Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.02rank #146Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.13rank #118Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.48rank #156Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.83rank #182Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)peopleUNHCR345rank #129Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR8,925rank #111Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT30.7%rank #157Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/yearUCDP50rank #12Data 2001 · Status unspecified
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data0rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.2rank #26Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.6rank #27Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.8rank #38Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.9rank #58Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.9rank #59Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.8rank #49Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.7rank #24Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/yearUCDP1rank #2Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.8rank #63Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.1rank #40Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.7rank #20Data 2026 · Status unspecified