International Rankings of Sierra Leone 2023, 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	65	N/A	2023
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	201	N/A	2023
Internet users - percent of population	108	12.7 %	2022
Internet users - total	147	1.047 million	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	59	0	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	201	269	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	62	98	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	100	8.227 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	176	867.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	179	740.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	93	7.9 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	104	275.638 million US Dollars	2020
Debt - external	161	1.615 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	186	700.971 million US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	172	4.132 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	129	26.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	105	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	125	55.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	100	18.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	52	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	171	6.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	183	32.9 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	73	35.7 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	38	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
Imports	181	1.418 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	9	17.41 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	21	11.87 %	2021
Labor force	112	2.858 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	26	61.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	123	5.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	141	33.4 %	2014
Population below poverty line	13	56.8 %	2018
Public debt	66	63.9 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	158	13.597 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	110	4.1 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	170	1600 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	149	945.908 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	130	15.6 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	133	5.33 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	132	7.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	85	15.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	114	10.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	173	899000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	191	130.708 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	172	180000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	161	77.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	39	1.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	150	8.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	12	87 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	42	2.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	187	1.803 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	168	5900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	165	6439 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	155	1.09 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	135	3.16 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	91	20.63 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	46	56.2	2018
Land use - arable land	41	23.4	2018
Land use - forest	78	37.5	2018
Land use - other	171	6.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	63	2.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	48	30.5	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	8	6.92 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	54	160.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	124	50.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	88	60.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	102	110.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	41	3.02	2025
Urbanization - urban population	131	44.3	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	120	71620 sq km	0
Area - total	121	71740 sq km	0
Area - water	115	120119 sq km	0
Coastline	117	402 km	0
Elevation - highest point	219	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	112	279 meters	0
Irrigated land	121	300 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	119	1093 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	46	56.2	2018
Land use - arable land	41	23.4	2018
Land use - forest	78	37.5	2018
Land use - other	171	6.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	63	2.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	48	30.5	2018
Military
Military expenditures	48	0.6 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	141	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	122	0.15 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	98	3.22 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	95	0.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	25	31.49 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	36	13.5 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	111	21.2 %	2019
Current health expenditure	33	8.8 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	68	58.9 %	2023
Death rate	54	9.14 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	139	5.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	24	18.3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	39	74 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	36	68.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	47	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	18	7.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	8	9.1 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	25	1.83 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	5	67.22 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	5	77.24 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	5	72.3 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	201	60.71 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	207	57.48 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	201	59.07 years	0
Literacy - female	111	39.8 %	2021
Literacy - male	92	55.3 %	0
Literacy - total population	101	47.7 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	18	443 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	150	19.7 years	2020
Median age - male	142	18.5 years	0
Median age - total	143	19.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	77	19.6	2019
Net migration rate	51	1.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	111	8.7 %	2016
Physicians density	154	0.07 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	101	8.908 million	2023
Population growth rate	24	2.41 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	72	79.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	28	64.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	25	45.6 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	23	20.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	27	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	18	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	67	6.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	97	20.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	88	13.5 %	2020
Total fertility rate	31	3.71 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	41	3.02	2025
Urbanization - urban population	131	44.3	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	132	7.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	85	15.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	114	10.8	0
Transportation
Airports	115	8	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	91	71000	3280
Heliports	24	2	2021
Merchant marine - total	37	605	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	137	0	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	145	50193	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	125	1051 km	2015
Roadways - total	117	11701 km	2015
Waterways	70	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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sierra Leone 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sierra Leone 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.