International Rankings of Sierra Leone 2022, 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	64	N/A	2022
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	191	N/A	2022
Internet users - percent of population	76	18 %	2020
Internet users - total	134	1.436 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	N/A	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	189	N/A	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	90	86	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	107	6.884 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	170	846.400 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	176	562.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	89	7.9 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	164	4.132 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	121	26.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	99	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	117	55.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	96	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	158	6.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	168	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	168	132000 US Dollars	2013
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	24	61.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	115	5.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	127	33.4 %	2014
Population below poverty line	11	56.8	2018
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	150	13.150 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	145	1600 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	137	15.6 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	137	2.6	2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	125	4.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	130	3.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	164	899000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	183	130.708 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	164	180000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	155	77.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	39	1.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	140	8.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	12	87 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	40	2.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	179	1.803 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	160	5900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	154	6439 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	149	1.09 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	131	3.16 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	88	20.63 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	44	56.2	2018
Land use - arable land	38	23.4	2018
Land use - forest	69	37.5	2018
Land use - other	158	6.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	57	2.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	46	30.5	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	7	6.92 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	49	160.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	139	45.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	114	55.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	127	111.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	38	3.02	2025
Urbanization - urban population	125	43.8	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	115	71620 sq km	0
Area - total	115	71740 sq km	0
Area - water	109	120119 sq km	0
Coastline	104	402 km	0
Elevation - highest point	187	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	109	279 meters	0
Irrigated land	115	300 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	114	1093 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	44	56.2	2018
Land use - arable land	38	23.4	2018
Land use - forest	69	37.5	2018
Land use - other	158	6.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	57	2.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	46	30.5	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	54	18.83	6880
Age structure - 25-54 years	171	32.21	2946
Age structure - 55-64 years	177	3.89	5664
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	136	0.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	9	2.9 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	118	0.15 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	95	3.22 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	92	0.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	22	32.2 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	34	13.5 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	108	21.2 %	2019
Current health expenditure	27	8.8 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	44	9.32 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	129	5.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	24	18.3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	36	74 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	34	68.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	46	92.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	14	42 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	13	27.2 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	16	7.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	7	9.1 % of GDP	2021
Hospital bed density	70	N/A beds/1,000 population	2022
Infant mortality rate - female	5	68.23 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	5	78.45 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	5	73.42 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	185	60.41 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	187	57.16 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	186	58.76 years	0
Literacy - female	108	39.8 %	2018
Literacy - male	97	51.6 %	0
Literacy - total population	103	43.2 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	2	1120 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	140	19.7 years	2020
Median age - male	135	18.5 years	0
Median age - total	131	19.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	76	19.6	2019
Net migration rate	44	2.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	105	8.7 %	2016
Physicians density	149	0.07 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	97	8.693 million	2022
Population growth rate	20	2.49 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	71	79.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	26	64.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	23	45.6 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	22	20.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	26	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	24	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	5	1.25	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	16	0.83 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	63	6.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	94	20.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	84	13.5 %	2020
Total fertility rate	26	3.8 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	38	3.02	2025
Urbanization - urban population	125	43.8	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	137	2.6	2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	125	4.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	130	3.6	0
Transportation
Airports	112	8	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	51	7	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	87	7	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	21	2	2021
Merchant marine - total	38	591	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	132	0	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	141	50193	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	100	N/A	2022
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2022
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	119	1051 km	2015
Roadways - total	106	11701 km	2015
Waterways	68	800 km	2011

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Sierra Leone on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sierra Leone 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sierra Leone 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.