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WESTERN AFRICA

Sierra Leone

SL

Freetown · pop. 9M · English · Leone

hunger

998,606 people in crisis or worse

11% of the 9.1 million analysed · IPC, Nov 2025

Trajectories

economic momentum

$807

Quadrupled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $807

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
the numbers35
whenvaluechange
1990$155
1991$184+18.7%
1992$163−11.2%
1993$185+13.3%
1994$219+18.1%
1995$208−4.6%
1996$224+7.6%
1997$200−10.9%
1998$157−21.7%
1999$155−1.0%
2000low$144−7.3%
2001$358+149.3%
2002$389+8.6%
2003$414+6.4%
2004$418+1.0%
2005$463+10.7%
2006$580+25.4%
2007$632+8.9%
2008$705+11.6%
2009$653−7.4%
2010$685+4.9%
2011$761+11.1%
2012$938+23.2%
2013$1,117+19.2%
2014high$1,1180.0%
2015$965−13.7%
2016$844−12.5%
2017$779−7.7%
2018$846+8.6%
2019$844−0.3%
2020$845+0.2%
2021$885+4.7%
2022$860−2.8%
2023$758−11.9%
2024latest$807+6.4%

prices

28.6%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 28.6%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
200711.6%
20088.2%−3.44 pts
20097.5%−0.74 pts
20107.2%−0.28 pts
20116.8%−0.39 pts
20126.6%−0.20 pts
20135.5%−1.06 pts
2014low4.6%−0.88 pts
20156.7%+2.05 pts
201610.9%+4.20 pts
201718.2%+7.34 pts
201816.0%−2.19 pts
201914.8%−1.22 pts
202013.4%−1.36 pts
202111.9%−1.57 pts
202227.2%+15.3 pts
2023high47.6%+20.4 pts
2024latest28.6%−19.0 pts

demographic curve

3.7 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 6.6 in 1980.

2024 · 3.7

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
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whenvaluechange
19606.2
19616.2+0.5%
19626.2+0.3%
19636.3+0.6%
19646.3+0.5%
19656.3+0.3%
19666.3+0.5%
19676.4+0.6%
19686.40.0%
19696.4+0.1%
19706.4+0.3%
19716.4+0.3%
19726.4+0.3%
19736.5+0.4%
19746.5+0.9%
19756.5+0.2%
19766.6+0.1%
19776.6+0.2%
19786.6+0.4%
19796.6−0.1%
19806.6−0.3%
19816.6−0.1%
19826.6+0.1%
19836.6+0.2%
19846.6+0.3%
19856.60.0%
19866.6+0.1%
1987high6.6+0.2%
19886.6−0.3%
19896.6−0.3%
19906.6−0.1%
19916.6−0.2%
19926.60.0%
19936.6+0.2%
19946.6−0.2%
19956.60.0%
19966.60.0%
19976.5−0.3%
19986.5−0.6%
19996.4−1.1%
20006.4−1.1%
20016.3−0.8%
20026.2−1.2%
20036.1−2.3%
20045.9−2.8%
20055.8−1.9%
20065.7−1.2%
20075.6−1.6%
20085.6−1.4%
20095.4−2.1%
20105.3−2.2%
20115.2−2.2%
20125.1−2.8%
20134.9−3.8%
20144.7−3.5%
20154.5−3.3%
20164.5−1.8%
20174.4−1.7%
20184.3−2.2%
20194.2−2.4%
20204.1−2.7%
20214.0−2.5%
20223.9−2.6%
20233.8−2.2%
2024latest3.7−2.3%

Metrics

  1. population
    9M
    100 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $6B
    152 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $758
    161 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $38M
    142 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    0.6%
    139 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    72K km²
    121 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    125 /km²
    49 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    61.8 yr
    163 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    21%
    153 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    0.2 t
    151 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanisation
    46%
    123 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    3.7
    33 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    0.6%
    145 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    4.6%
    51 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. scientific articles / yr
    86
    138 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  16. high-tech exports %
    1%
    141 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  17. gini inequality
    36
    79 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  18. youth unemployment
    4%
    20 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  19. adult literacy
    44%
    101 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  20. democracy (v-dem)
    0.35
    81 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  21. clean government
    33
    105 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  22. press freedom
    29.6
    64 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  23. human development
    0.467
    156 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  24. refugees produced
    8K
    62 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data