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IndicatorSLESierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.79rank #60
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile33.6rank #145
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.43rank #63
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.34rank #80
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.82rank #47
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile32.5rank #174
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.79rank #60
Military spending% GDP0.46%rank #138
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.31rank #79
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile58.2rank #141
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile38.2rank #176
Rule of Law0-100 percentile42.5rank #152
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.54rank #82
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.47rank #78
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.35rank #84
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile47.9rank #128
Women in parliament% seats29.5%rank #74
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.8rank #61
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment44.5%rank #31
Agriculture value added% GDP29.5%rank #11
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker6,159.4rank #172
Current account balance% GDP-14.1%rank #152
Employment-to-population ratio%51.3%rank #130
External debt stocks% GNI31.1%rank #28
FDI net inflows% GDP1.7%rank #118
GDPcurrent US$7.46Brank #151
GDP growth%4.6%rank #52
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$846.3rank #178
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $3,176.2rank #165
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $1,713.7rank #182
Gross capital formation% GDP23.2%rank #64
Gross savings% GDP19.2%rank #91
High-technology exports% manuf. exports0.74%rank #142
Human capital indexindex1.6rank #135
Industry value added% GDP25.7%rank #65
Inflation%7.5%rank #138
Labour force participation rate%53%rank #143
Personal remittances received% GDP4.6%rank #50
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.45rank #92
Trade openness% GDP49.1%rank #107
Unemployment% labor force3.2%rank #44
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%3.2%rank #51
Vulnerable employment% employment86%rank #181
Youth unemployment% ages 15-243.7%rank #15
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-244%rank #18
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop68.1%rank #152
Basic sanitation access% pop24.9%rank #167
Child mortalityper 1009.1rank #150
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,437.3rank #152
DTP3 immunization coverage%91%rank #9
Health spending% GDP4.7%rank #130
Infant mortalityper 1k births54.6rank #139
Life expectancyyears62rank #206
Maternal mortalityper 100k354rank #99
Measles immunization% children90%rank #10
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%90%rank #10
Physiciansper 1k0.13rank #109
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m322.5rank #132
Road traffic deathsper 100k33rank #128
Smoking prevalence% adults11.3%rank #30
Suicide mortality rateper 100k6.1rank #75
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k372rank #136
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births90.5rank #190
Undernourishment% pop24.1%rank #68
Education
Adult literacy%43.6%rank #52
Education spending% GDP2.6%rank #94
Expected years of schoolingyears9.1rank #178
Mean years of schoolingyears3.5rank #180
Primary completion rate% relevant age99.2%rank #31
Primary enrollment% gross162.1%rank #1
Secondary enrollment% gross86.9%rank #100
Tertiary enrollment% gross2%rank #115
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00030.1rank #29
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.7rank #35
Median age of populationyears19.3rank #182
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.47rank #122
Populationpeople8.82Mrank #100
Population growth%2%rank #47
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years66rank #204
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands12,948.3rank #91
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age71.6rank #42
Urban population%45.9%rank #147
Climate
CO₂ emissionst1.43Mrank #162
CO₂ per capitat0.17rank #191
Electricity access% pop39.2%rank #71
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation85.7%rank #12
Electricity from solar% generation9.5%rank #40
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Forest area% land34.3%rank #92
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita1.3rank #17
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh47.6rank #12
Renewable electricity%95.2%rank #9
Renewable energy share%71.6%rank #9
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e10.9rank #51
Society
Asylum seekerspeople8,342rank #118
Extreme poverty% pop41.5%rank #47
Female labor participation%51.6%rank #107
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000rank #202
Gender Development Indexratio0.83rank #103
Gender Inequality Index0-10.57rank #134
Gini indexindex35.7rank #43
Homicide rateper 100k2.2rank #59
Human Development Index0-10.47rank #152
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.28rank #139
Internally displaced personspeople300,000rank #10
Internet users% pop25.1%rank #167
Life satisfaction0-103.3rank #143
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.46rank #122
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #146
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.13rank #118
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.48rank #156
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.83rank #182
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people345rank #129
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people8,925rank #111
Youth NEET rate%30.6%rank #156
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year50rank #12
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-103.8rank #32
Human hazard & exposure0-103.8rank #32
INFORM risk score0-105.1rank #40
Lack of coping capacity0-107rank #60
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-107rank #60
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-107rank #49
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.7rank #24
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year1rank #2
Socio-economic vulnerability0-106.8rank #65
Vulnerability0-105.1rank #40
Vulnerable groups0-102.7rank #22
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