Sierra Leone 2010s: Ebola decade, post-war recovery indicators

Avg GDP
$6.20B

Avg Population
6.97M

Avg Life Expectancy
55.48 years

Indicators covered
38

Indicator Aggregates by Pillar

Indicator	Decade Mean	Low	High	Obs.
Access to Electricity (% of population)	18.74	11.50	26.10	10
Agricultural Land (% of land area)	54.62	53.15	55.66	10
Average Precipitation (mm/year)	2,526 mm/year	2,526 mm/year	2,526 mm/year	10
CO2 Emissions (metric tons per capita)	0.149	0.114	0.176	10
Forest Land (% of land area)	36.62	35.39	37.85	10
Land Area (sq. km)	72,180 sq. km	72,180 sq. km	72,180 sq. km	10
Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions	6.29	5.46	6.71	10
Renewable Energy Consumption (% of total)	76.61	73.00	84.90	10

Indicator	Decade Mean	Low	High	Obs.
Birth Rate (per 1,000 people)	35.64 per 1,000	32.81 per 1,000	39.12 per 1,000	10
Death Rate (per 1,000 people)	11.77 per 1,000	9.39 per 1,000	14.15 per 1,000	10
Government Health Expenditure (% of GDP)	0.706	0.491	1.03	10
Life Expectancy at Birth (years)	55.48 years	51.93 years	59.59 years	10

Indicator	Decade Mean	Low	High	Obs.
Control of Corruption (Estimate)	-0.705	-0.842	-0.513	10
Control of Corruption (Std. Error)	0.159	0.153	0.179	10
Government Effectiveness (Estimate)	-1.08	-1.15	-0.975	10
Government Effectiveness (Std. Error)	0.196	0.190	0.216	10
Government Expenditure on Education (% of GDP)	2.55	1.56	4.65	10
Individuals Using the Internet (% of population)	6.75	0.580	15.71	10
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)	2.26 per 100,000	1.72 per 100,000	2.93 per 100,000	4
Political Stability (Estimate)	-0.181	-0.270	-0.024	10
Political Stability (Std. Error)	0.240	0.236	0.252	10
Regulatory Quality (Estimate)	-0.923	-0.957	-0.889	10
Regulatory Quality (Std. Error)	0.158	0.155	0.170	10
Rule of Law (Estimate)	-0.799	-0.894	-0.737	10
Rule of Law (Std. Error)	0.137	0.130	0.156	10
Statistical Performance Indicators	50.37	45.59	53.59	4
Voice and Accountability (Estimate)	-0.298	-0.377	-0.162	10
Voice and Accountability (Std. Error)	0.130	0.119	0.141	10

Indicator	Decade Mean	Low	High	Obs.
GDP (current US$)	6.20B	4.26B	7.69B	10
Inflation, Consumer Prices (annual %)	9.74	4.64	18.22	10
Logistic Performance Index	2.04	1.97	2.08	4
Military Expenditure (% of GDP)	0.568	0.376	0.747	10
Real Interest Rate (%)	6.99	-0.051	14.59	10
Risk Premium on Lending (%)	7.86	-3.45	17.05	10
Trade in Services (% of GDP)	10.93	7.23	18.76	10

Indicator	Decade Mean	Low	High	Obs.
Population Density (people per sq. km)	96.51 per sq. km	86.21 per sq. km	107.12 per sq. km	10
Population, Total	6.97M people	6.22M people	7.73M people	10
Rural Population	4.13M people	3.82M people	4.43M people	10

The 2010s combined a mining-led growth spurt, the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic, and the 2017 commodity-price collapse.

Indicator	Change in Decade Average
Individuals Using the Internet (% of population)	+3,207.3%
GDP (current US$)	+136.8%
Political Stability (Estimate)	+72.8%
Access to Electricity (% of population)	+62.5%
Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions	+48.2%
Risk Premium on Lending (%)	+48.2%
Military Expenditure (% of GDP)	-47.4%
Trade in Services (% of GDP)	+39.0%
Rule of Law (Std. Error)	-32.8%
CO2 Emissions (metric tons per capita)	+32.2%
Death Rate (per 1,000 people)	-31.9%
Control of Corruption (Std. Error)	-31.6%
Population Density (people per sq. km)	+30.3%
Population, Total	+30.3%
Regulatory Quality (Std. Error)	-30.0%

Source: World Bank Development Data Group — values aggregated across the 2010s.