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Sierra Leone — statistics

All indicators in the section for Sierra Leone — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

317 indicators Region: Sub-Saharan Africa Subregion: Western Africa Income group: Low income ISO: SLE
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 8.82M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 62 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 3.7 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 30.1 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 8.2 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 2.04 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 45.9 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 4.05M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 54.1 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 117.2 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 3.3 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 37.7 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 69.3 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -11,309 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 50.12 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 4.4M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 4.42M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 3.32M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 5.21M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 289,611 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 60.23 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 63.7 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 91.2 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 21.2 2019 UN DESA
Rural population people 4.77M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 372 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 1.4 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 81,000 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.38 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 1,800 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 32,000 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 4,200 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 6,646 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 100.82 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 23.9 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 54.6 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 90.5 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 354 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 6.1 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 34.5 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 57.6 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 7.4 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 33 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 1,165 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 239 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 69.5 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 1.24 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 53.1 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 240.3 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 195.2 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 7.46B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 846 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 4.61 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 32.78B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 3,717 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 830 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 7.49 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 2.67 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 25.7 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 7 2024 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 29.5 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 41.6 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 78.2 2025 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 5.9 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 23.2 2025 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 10.4 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 4.5 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 4,841 2031 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 9 2031 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 10.28B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 1,166 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 2.5 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.017 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 7.41B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 1.92B 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 485M 2024 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 2.2B 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 3.1B 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 5.83B 2025 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 444M 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 1.73B 2025 World Bank
Gross national savings % 19.2 2024 World Bank
Consumer price index index 771.75 2025 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 9 2031 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 1,046 2031 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 32.56B 2025 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 5.159 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 31.8 2031 IMF
Budget balance % -0.1 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 2.33B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ 122M 2024 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ -33,272 2010 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % 1.75 2024 UNCTAD
New business density per 1,000 0.73 2024 World Bank
New businesses registered companies 3,712 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 1.54M 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 1,470 2023 FAO
Food production index index 104.7 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 101.8 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 54.71 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 21.95 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.1872 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 2.7 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 39,490 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 1.58M 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 1.05M 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 105.8 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 71.6 2022 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.024 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 2.8 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0.001 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 0 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 50,193 2012 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 2,145 2012 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 0 2012 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 78,413 2019 UNCTAD
Logistics performance index score 2.08 2018 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.467 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.83 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.566 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 33 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.36 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

Western Africa