Home Countries Sierra Leone Western Africa · sovereign state
Republic of Sierra Leone
Capital Freetown
Languages English
Currency Sierra Leonean leone
People 8.82 million (2025)
Neighbours 2 Greetings from
Sierra Leone
3rd lowest life satisfaction 3.25 · #3 of 163 · 2025 8th lowest price level (US = 100) 23% · #8 of 198 · 2025 11th lowest access to electricity 39.2% · #11 of 209 · 2024 SLE COUNTRYDUEL
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Sierra Leone among 213 countries & territories Each dot shows where Sierra Leone sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
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Total area 72,300 km² 119th of 205 2024 Coastline 402 km 110th of 213 2026 edition Highest point 1,948 m 125th of 213 2026 edition Forest cover 34% 98th of 207 2024 Farmland 55.2% 50th of 205 2024 Population 8.82 million 100th of 210 2025 Population density 122 per km² 85th of 209 2025 Height of men 166.4 cm 177th of 196 2019 Height of women 157.3 cm 157th of 196 2019 Median age 19.3 years 178th of 213 2023 Fertility rate 3.7 children per woman 35th of 210 2024 Aged 65 and over 3.3% 178th of 210 2025 Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents 0 per 1,000 168th of 181 2025 Economy size (GDP) $7.46 billion 165th of 207 2025 GDP per person (PPP) Int$3,717 176th of 198 2025 Income inequality (Gini) 35.7 70th of 155 2018 Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day) 41.5% 16th of 142 2018 Unemployment 3.2% 142nd of 186 2025 Health spending per person $36 180th of 193 2023 Military spending 0.4% 154th of 161 2025 Life expectancy 62 years 199th of 210 2024 Infant mortality 54.6 per 1,000 12th of 194 2024 Doctors 0.1 per 1,000 175th of 190 2022 Suicide rate 14.9 per 100k 53rd of 185 2023 Adult obesity 7.3% 180th of 195 2024 Smoking 11.3% 125th of 166 2024 Life satisfaction 3.25 161st of 163 2025 Alcohol consumption 0.2 litres 180th of 195 2023 Meat supply 10.8 kg 176th of 189 2023 Daily calories 2,437 kcal 159th of 189 2023 Years of schooling 3.5 years 182nd of 193 2023 Internet users 25% 188th of 208 2024 Fixed broadband download speed 53 Mbps 169th of 197 2026 Access to electricity 39.2% 199th of 209 2024 Urban population 46% 152nd of 210 2025 Mobile subscriptions 108 126th of 208 2022 CO₂ per person 0.2 t 189th of 203 2024 Renewable electricity 95.2% 17th of 201 2024 Air pollution (PM2.5) 20.2 µg/m³ 84th of 213 2024 Homicide rate 2.2 per 100k 82nd of 160 2020 Road deaths 26.4 per 100k 48th of 185 2023 Average temperature 26.3°C 42nd of 187 2016–2025 avg Rainfall 2,721 mm 14th of 187 2016–2025 avg Nobel laureates per 10 million people 0 79th of 160 2026 Tourists per resident 0.01 169th of 179 2019 Official languages 1 87th of 213 2026 Price level (US = 100) 23% 191st of 198 2025 World Heritage sites 1 138th of 195 2026 Olympic medals (all time) 0 143rd of 202 2026 edition
World twins The countries most like Sierra Leone across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
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Sierra Leone
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