Sierra Leone: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Sierra Leone — 260 indicators across 11 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
21.95
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.19
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
5.26
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
71,910.78
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
5.20
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
3,778.89
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
72,300.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
713.58
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.05
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
38.74
Economy (34)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2021
-5.95
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
1.04
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
5.52
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
7.10
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.00
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.17
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2024
29.16
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
17.27
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
8.82
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
9.83B
GDP (current US$)
2024
6.97B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
4.29
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
1,137.29
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
806.65
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
2.10
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
3,098.76
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
3,522.31
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
26.78B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
30.44B
GNI (current US$)
2024
6.91B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
820.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
3,490.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
7.08B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
30.19B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
23.28
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2024
25.56
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
10.45
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
28.63
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.21
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2024
42.57
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
9.04
Trade (% of GDP)
2024
40.55
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
9.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2023
2.62
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2019
43.58
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
5.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2024
162.12
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2023
86.91
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
7.00
Energy (9)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
0.90
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
0.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
1.60
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
35.50
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
19.00
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
56.30
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
4.78
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
15.48M
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
75.28
Environment (44)
Bird species, threatened
2022
17.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
130.93
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.46
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
0.17
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.13
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.16
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.16
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.25
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.77
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
0.15
Fish species, threatened
2022
87.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
26.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
130.57
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
5.57
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.62
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.72
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.45
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.78
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
110.64
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.89
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.56
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.09
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.02
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.13
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.08
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
43.22
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
100.00
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
143.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
117.21
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
3.54
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
2.35
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
5.10
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
12.60
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
128.26
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
7.93
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
0.92
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
1.19
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
91.19
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
70.45
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
5.53
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
64.92
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
8,893.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
30.11
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
57.57
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
7.41
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
34.46
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
0.56
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
4.72
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
8.21
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
4.80
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
3.70
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2006
0.40
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
91.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
91.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
90.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
0.60
International migrant stock, total
2024
49,997.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
63.70
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
60.23
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
61.96
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
1.35
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
74.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
354.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
33.00
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
23.90
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
24.70
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
23.00
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
239.00
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
235.10
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
243.40
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
1.24
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
0.88
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
1.60
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
69.50
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
195.23
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
240.31
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
54.60
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
49.30
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
59.50
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
28.30
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
90.50
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
84.60
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
96.10
Net migration
2025
-11,309.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
1,982.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
2,705.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
2,955.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
2,997.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
14,038.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
920.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
7,350.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
23,171.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
15.35
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
68.08
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
24.91
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2022
0.13
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
38.09
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
1.63M
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
37.71
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
1.66M
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
38.47
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
3.29M
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
58.67
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
2.54M
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
58.69
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
2.53M
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
58.65
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
5.07M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
3.24
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
156,075.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
3.60
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
124,160.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
2.88
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
280,234.00
Population growth (annual %)
2024
2.12
Population, female
2024
4.33M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
50.13
Population, male
2024
4.31M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
49.87
Population, total
2024
8.64M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
73.40
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
43.90
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
53.70
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
44.60
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
9.50
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
14.30
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
13.70
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
17.40
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
29.53
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
8,042.00
Rural population
2024
4.72M
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
54.64
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
1.11
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.03
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
6.14
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
4.48
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
7.80
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
65.43
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
58.53
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
0.29
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
0.07
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
0.52
UHC service coverage index
2023
48.00
Urban population
2024
3.92M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
45.36
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
3.35
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
44.49
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
43.95
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
45.02
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
51.60
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
55.17
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
3.15
Poverty & Inequality (2)
Public Sector (1)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (33)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2024
1.75
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
121.79M
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2018
0.74
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
1.54B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
513.99M
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
4.06
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
13.74
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
41.29
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
34.30
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.02
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.24
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
1.90
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
8.49
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
77.76
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
8.49
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
2.05B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
1.94B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
10.91
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
35.16
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
22.69
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
12.30
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
2.83
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
4.56
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
12.47
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
9.99
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
54.85
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
9.99
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
51.41
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2023
7.82
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
9.68M
Real interest rate (%)
2024
9.17
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.