Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Sierra Leone

Human development index in Sierra Leone in 2023 — 0.467 index. Ranked 185 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 49.2%.

2023 0.467 index +0.86% vs 2022
World rank 185of 193
Period maximum 0.467 index2023
Period minimum 0.301 index1999

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Sierra Leone, 1990–20230.30.350.40.450.51990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.313 index1991: 0.303 index1992: 0.305 index1993: 0.312 index1994: 0.312 index1995: 0.314 index1996: 0.311 index1997: 0.307 index1998: 0.304 index1999: 0.301 index2000: 0.318 index2001: 0.33 index2002: 0.345 index2003: 0.354 index2004: 0.363 index2005: 0.37 index2006: 0.372 index2007: 0.391 index2008: 0.4 index2009: 0.406 index2010: 0.41 index2011: 0.416 index2012: 0.418 index2013: 0.436 index2014: 0.438 index2015: 0.432 index2016: 0.441 index2017: 0.445 index2018: 0.451 index2019: 0.455 index2020: 0.454 index2021: 0.458 index2022: 0.463 index2023: 0.467 index
Change over the period: +0.154 (+49.2%) Average annual rate: 1.22 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone 0.467 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Western Africa computed 0.539 index
Low-income countries computed 0.497 index
Human development index — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.467 +0.004 +0.86%
2022 0.463 +0.005 +1.09%
2021 0.458 +0.004 +0.88%
2020 0.454 −0.001 −0.22%
2019 0.455 +0.004 +0.89%
2018 0.451 +0.006 +1.35%
2017 0.445 +0.004 +0.91%
2016 0.441 +0.009 +2.08%
2015 0.432 −0.006 −1.37%
2014 0.438 +0.002 +0.46%
2013 0.436 +0.018 +4.31%
2012 0.418 +0.002 +0.48%
2011 0.416 +0.006 +1.46%
2010 0.41 +0.004 +0.99%
2009 0.406 +0.006 +1.5%
2008 0.4 +0.009 +2.3%
2007 0.391 +0.019 +5.11%
2006 0.372 +0.002 +0.54%
2005 0.37 +0.007 +1.93%
2004 0.363 +0.009 +2.54%
2003 0.354 +0.009 +2.61%
2002 0.345 +0.015 +4.55%
2001 0.33 +0.012 +3.77%
2000 0.318 +0.017 +5.65%
1999 0.301 −0.003 −0.99%
1998 0.304 −0.003 −0.98%
1997 0.307 −0.004 −1.29%
1996 0.311 −0.003 −0.96%
1995 0.314 +0.002 +0.64%
1994 0.312 +0 +0%
1993 0.312 +0.007 +2.3%
1992 0.305 +0.002 +0.66%
1991 0.303 −0.01 −3.19%
1990 0.313

About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.