International Rankings of Sierra Leone 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Sierra Leone, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Sierra Leone, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	148	N/A	2021
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	198	N/A	2021
Internet users - percent of population	207	9 %	2018
Internet users - total	148	568099	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	205	3434	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	124	103.77	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	109	6.730 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	175	846.400 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	180	562.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	93	7.9 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	81	55.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	131	47.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	37	91.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	131	51.9	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	168	4.132 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	125	26.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	104	12.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	7	97.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	122	55.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	98	18.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	51	0.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	1	60.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	166	6.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	176	32.9 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	37	33.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2003
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	25	2.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	3	15.5 %	2017
Labor force	172	132000 US Dollars	2013
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	26	61.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	119	5.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	136	33.4 %	2014
Population below poverty line	12	56.8	2018
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	154	13.425 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	185	1718 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	144	15.6 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	165	984800	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	182	279.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	69	23	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	27	51	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	16	26	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	177	113300 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	175	300.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	135	6500	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	158	6439 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	151	1.09 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	134	3.16 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	90	20.63 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	46	56.2	2018
Land use - arable land	40	23.4	2018
Land use - forest	76	37.5	2018
Land use - other	168	6.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	63	2.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	47	30.5	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	8	6.92 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	51	160.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	143	45.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	116	55.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	129	111.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	40	3.02	2025
Urbanization - urban population	136	43.4	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	118	71620 sq km	0
Area - total	118	71740 sq km	0
Area - water	112	120119 sq km	0
Coastline	111	402 km	0
Elevation - highest point	201	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	111	279 meters	0
Irrigated land	116	300 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	116	1093 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	46	56.2	2018
Land use - arable land	40	23.4	2018
Land use - forest	76	37.5	2018
Land use - other	168	6.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	63	2.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	47	30.5	2018
Total renewable water resources	51	160.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	56	18.83 %	6880
Age structure - 25-54 years	181	32.21 %	2946
Age structure - 55-64 years	187	3.89 %	5664
Birth rate	16	35.04 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	111	21.2 %	2019
Current Health Expenditure	4	16.1 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	38	9.7 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	120	5.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	21	19.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	32	76.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	30	71.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	57	89.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	13	44.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	16	30.2 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	12	10.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	7	7.7 % of GDP	2019
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	23	1.5	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	24	3200	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	40	80000	2020
Hospital bed density	69	N/A beds/1,000 population	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	11	56.45 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	4	73.97 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	6	65.34 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	187	62.97 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	193	57.48 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	190	60.19 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	2	1120	2017
Median age - female	146	19.7 years	2020
Median age - male	137	18.5 years	0
Median age - total	138	19.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	74	19.6	2019
Net migration rate	108	0.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	110	8.7 %	2016
Physicians density	153	0.03 physicians/1,000 population	2011
Population	106	6.807 million	2021
Population growth rate	22	2.44 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	85	74.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	26	68.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	20	50.4 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	21	25.7 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	28	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	33	0.92	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	32	0.9	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	41	0.7 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	17	4.58 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	125	6.1	2014
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	70	14.8	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	106	9.4	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	40	3.02	2025
Urbanization - urban population	136	43.4	2021
Transportation
Airports	114	8	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	51	7	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	89	7	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	24	2	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	135	0	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	143	50193	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2021
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2021
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	122	1051 km	2015
Roadways - total	108	11700 km	2015
Waterways	62	800 km	600

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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