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International Rankings of Sierra Leone - 2024


SOURCE: 2024 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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
Internet users - percent of population 108 12.70 % 2022
Internet users - total 147 1.047 million 2022
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 213 269 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 62 98.00 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 100 8.227 million 2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures 176 867.000 million US Dollars 2019
Budget - revenues 179 740.000 million US Dollars 2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 93 7.90 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 105 275.638 million US Dollars 2020
Debt - external 161 1.615 billion US Dollars 2017
Exchange rates 5 10439.43 N/A
Exports 185 700.971 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 26.80 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 105 12.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 7 97.90 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 125 55.30 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 100 18.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 52 0.40 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 1 60.70 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 171 6.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 183 32.90 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 73 36 % 2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 38 33.60 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2003
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 25 2.60 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population N/A
Imports 182 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
Population below poverty line 13 57 % 2018
Public debt 69 63.90 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 158 13.597 billion US Dollars 2021
Real GDP growth rate 110 4.10 % 2021
Real GDP per capita 166 1600 US Dollars 2021
Remittances 65 4 2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 149 945.908 million US Dollars 2021
Taxes and other revenues 130 15.60 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 133 5.33 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 132 7.60 % N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 85 15.80 % N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 114 10.80 % 2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 173 899000 metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 175 899000 2019
Electricity - consumption 191 130.708 million kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 172 180000 kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 161 77.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas 79 5 2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population 73 27 2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas 59 57 2021
Electricity access - population without electricity 19 6.000 million 2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 39 1.90 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 150 8.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 12 87.00 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 42 2.90 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 187 1.803 million Btu/person 2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 168 5900 bbl/day 2019
Refined petroleum products - imports 165 6439 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 155 1 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 135 3 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 24 39 micrograms per cubic meter 2019
Land use - agricultural land 46 56 2018
Land use - arable land 41 23 2018
Land use - forest 78 38 2018
Land use - permanent crops 63 2 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 48 31 2018
Revenue from forest resources 8 7 % 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 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 131 44 2023
Geography
Area - land 119 71620 sq km N/A
Area - total 122 71740 sq km N/A
Area - water 138 120 sq km N/A
Coastline 117 402 km N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 112 279 meters N/A
Irrigated land 121 300 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 119 1093 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 46 56 2018
Land use - arable land 41 23 2018
Land use - forest 78 38 2018
Land use - permanent crops 63 2 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 48 31 2018
Population Density 96 124.38 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 44 1 % of GDP 2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 9 3 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 98 3 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 23 31.50 births/1,000 population 2023
Child marriage - men married by age 18 22 4 2019
Child marriage - women married by age 15 14 9 N/A
Child marriage - women married by age 18 22 30 N/A
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 34 12 % 2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate 111 21.20 % 2019
Current health expenditure 33 9 % of GDP 2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 68 59 % 2023
Death rate 36 9.10 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 139 5.50 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 24 18.30 % 2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 39 74.00 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 36 68.50 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 47 93 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - rural 14 42 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 13 27 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 18 8 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 8 9 % of GDP 2021
Gross reproduction rate 25 1.83 % 2023
Infant mortality rate - female 5 67.20 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - male 5 77.20 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 5 72.30 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Life expectancy at birth - female 144 61 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male 145 58 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 144 59 years 2023
Literacy - definition 2 15 N/A
Literacy - female 110 41 % 2022
Literacy - male 92 56 % N/A
Literacy - total population 100 49 % N/A
Maternal mortality ratio 18 443.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 155 20 years N/A
Median age - male 153 19 years N/A
Median age - total 143 19 years 2023
Mother's mean age at first birth 77 20 2019
Net migration rate 43 1.70 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 111 8.70 % 2016
Physicians density 154 0.07 physicians/1,000 population 2018
Population 100 8.908 million 2023
Population growth rate 22 2.41 % 2023
Sanitation facility access - improved 72 80 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 28 65 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 25 46 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 23 21 % of population N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 14 1.02 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 27 0.96 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 18 0.95 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 11 1.03 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 21 0.98 male(s)/female N/A
Total fertility rate 30 3.71 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 41 3.02 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 131 44 2023
Transportation
Airports 117 8 2024
Heliports 63 3 2024
Merchant marine - total 37 584 2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 145 50193 2015
Roadways - paved 94 1051 km 2015
Roadways - total 83 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.

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