Sierra Leone 2000s: post-war reconstruction, UN mission decade

Avg GDP
$2.62B

Avg Population
5.34M

Avg Life Expectancy
48.06 years

Indicators covered
36

Indicator Aggregates by Pillar

Indicator	Decade Mean	Low	High	Obs.
Access to Electricity (% of population)	11.53	7.70	16.80	10
Agricultural Land (% of land area)	48.99	38.93	55.83	10
Average Precipitation (mm/year)	2,526 mm/year	2,526 mm/year	2,526 mm/year	10
CO2 Emissions (metric tons per capita)	0.113	0.098	0.127	10
Forest Land (% of land area)	39.36	38.13	40.59	10
Land Area (sq. km)	72,180 sq. km	72,180 sq. km	72,180 sq. km	10
Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions	4.24	3.39	5.18	10
Renewable Energy Consumption (% of total)	87.64	84.40	93.30	10

Indicator	Decade Mean	Low	High	Obs.
Birth Rate (per 1,000 people)	42.46 per 1,000	39.85 per 1,000	45.05 per 1,000	10
Death Rate (per 1,000 people)	17.27 per 1,000	14.64 per 1,000	20.01 per 1,000	10
Government Health Expenditure (% of GDP)	0.581	0.442	0.686	10
Life Expectancy at Birth (years)	48.06 years	44.83 years	51.31 years	10

Indicator	Decade Mean	Low	High	Obs.
Control of Corruption (Estimate)	-0.864	-1.04	-0.670	9
Control of Corruption (Std. Error)	0.232	0.179	0.296	9
Government Effectiveness (Estimate)	-1.51	-2.08	-1.14	9
Government Effectiveness (Std. Error)	0.268	0.216	0.359	9
Government Expenditure on Education (% of GDP)	2.23	1.45	4.95	9
Individuals Using the Internet (% of population)	0.204	0.118	0.260	10
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)	2.29 per 100,000	1.80 per 100,000	3.12 per 100,000	6
Political Stability (Estimate)	-0.664	-2.18	-0.155	9
Political Stability (Std. Error)	0.287	0.252	0.321	9
Regulatory Quality (Estimate)	-1.26	-1.84	-0.990	9
Regulatory Quality (Std. Error)	0.226	0.170	0.358	9
Rule of Law (Estimate)	-1.02	-1.49	-0.838	9
Rule of Law (Std. Error)	0.203	0.156	0.271	9
Voice and Accountability (Estimate)	-0.417	-1.18	-0.208	9
Voice and Accountability (Std. Error)	0.152	0.131	0.210	9

Indicator	Decade Mean	Low	High	Obs.
GDP (current US$)	2.62B	635.87M	4.16B	10
Inflation, Consumer Prices (annual %)	9.11	7.47	11.65	3
Military Expenditure (% of GDP)	1.08	0.604	1.72	10
Real Interest Rate (%)	5.86	-53.64	27.17	10
Risk Premium on Lending (%)	5.30	-4.06	11.70	10
Trade in Services (% of GDP)	7.87	3.79	24.39	10

Indicator	Decade Mean	Low	High	Obs.
Population Density (people per sq. km)	74.05 per sq. km	61.29 per sq. km	83.90 per sq. km	10
Population, Total	5.34M people	4.42M people	6.06M people	10
Rural Population	3.37M people	2.85M people	3.74M people	10

The 2000s mark the post-conflict recovery period, UN peacekeeping drawdown (UNAMSIL), and resumption of multilateral lending.

Indicator	Change in Decade Average
Individuals Using the Internet (% of population)	+2,782.5%
Real Interest Rate (%)	+1,400.8%
GDP (current US$)	+235.9%
Trade in Services (% of GDP)	-53.0%
Population, Total	+26.7%
Population Density (people per sq. km)	+26.7%
Agricultural Land (% of land area)	+25.7%
CO2 Emissions (metric tons per capita)	-23.0%
Rural Population	+22.0%
Death Rate (per 1,000 people)	-21.9%
Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions	+21.1%
Life Expectancy at Birth (years)	+11.5%
Birth Rate (per 1,000 people)	-8.8%
Forest Land (% of land area)	-6.5%
Renewable Energy Consumption (% of total)	-6.2%

Source: World Bank Development Data Group — values aggregated across the 2000s.