Sierra Leone 2020s: COVID-era, 2023 election, current indicators

Avg GDP
$6.87B

Avg Population
8.28M

Avg Life Expectancy
61.00 years

Indicators covered
36

Indicator Aggregates by Pillar

Indicator	Decade Mean	Low	High	Obs.
Access to Electricity (% of population)	29.68	26.30	35.50	4
Agricultural Land (% of land area)	54.71	54.71	54.71	4
Average Precipitation (mm/year)	2,526 mm/year	2,526 mm/year	2,526 mm/year	3
CO2 Emissions (metric tons per capita)	0.170	0.156	0.182	5
Forest Land (% of land area)	34.71	34.30	35.12	4
Land Area (sq. km)	72,180 sq. km	72,180 sq. km	72,180 sq. km	4
Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions	7.55	6.87	7.93	5
Renewable Energy Consumption (% of total)	72.60	71.10	75.10	3

Indicator	Decade Mean	Low	High	Obs.
Birth Rate (per 1,000 people)	31.12 per 1,000	30.11 per 1,000	32.20 per 1,000	5
Death Rate (per 1,000 people)	8.67 per 1,000	8.21 per 1,000	9.32 per 1,000	5
Government Health Expenditure (% of GDP)	0.909	0.789	1.15	4
Life Expectancy at Birth (years)	61.00 years	59.69 years	61.96 years	5

Indicator	Decade Mean	Low	High	Obs.
Control of Corruption (Estimate)	-0.553	-0.702	-0.461	5
Control of Corruption (Std. Error)	0.155	0.154	0.155	5
Government Effectiveness (Estimate)	-0.970	-1.01	-0.954	5
Government Effectiveness (Std. Error)	0.186	0.184	0.190	5
Government Expenditure on Education (% of GDP)	4.62	2.62	5.59	4
Individuals Using the Internet (% of population)	21.22	17.12	25.10	5
Political Stability (Estimate)	-0.375	-0.556	-0.237	5
Political Stability (Std. Error)	0.237	0.236	0.238	5
Regulatory Quality (Estimate)	-0.976	-1.06	-0.905	5
Regulatory Quality (Std. Error)	0.155	0.155	0.155	5
Rule of Law (Estimate)	-0.776	-0.839	-0.675	5
Rule of Law (Std. Error)	0.138	0.137	0.140	5
Statistical Performance Indicators	58.44	52.02	61.11	5
Voice and Accountability (Estimate)	-0.367	-0.513	-0.271	5
Voice and Accountability (Std. Error)	0.142	0.141	0.142	5

Indicator	Decade Mean	Low	High	Obs.
GDP (current US$)	6.87B	6.42B	7.17B	5
Inflation, Consumer Prices (annual %)	25.76	11.87	47.64	5
Military Expenditure (% of GDP)	0.547	0.463	0.603	5
Real Interest Rate (%)	2.09	-7.44	10.60	5
Risk Premium on Lending (%)	14.52	9.93	18.25	5
Trade in Services (% of GDP)	5.40	3.26	8.08	5

Indicator	Decade Mean	Low	High	Obs.
Population Density (people per sq. km)	113.41 per sq. km	109.62 per sq. km	117.21 per sq. km	4
Population, Total	8.28M people	7.91M people	8.64M people	5
Rural Population	4.61M people	4.49M people	4.72M people	5

The 2020s to date have featured COVID-19, high consumer-price inflation, and the 2023 general election.

Indicator	Change in Decade Average
Individuals Using the Internet (% of population)	+214.4%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (annual %)	+164.6%
Political Stability (Estimate)	-107.6%
Risk Premium on Lending (%)	+84.7%
Government Expenditure on Education (% of GDP)	+81.4%
Real Interest Rate (%)	-70.2%
Access to Electricity (% of population)	+58.4%
Trade in Services (% of GDP)	-50.6%
Government Health Expenditure (% of GDP)	+28.7%
Death Rate (per 1,000 people)	-26.4%
Voice and Accountability (Estimate)	-23.2%
Control of Corruption (Estimate)	+21.6%
Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions	+20.1%
Population, Total	+18.8%
Population Density (people per sq. km)	+17.5%

Source: World Bank Development Data Group — values aggregated across the 2020s.