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Society profile

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: 43 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 8.8 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 37.7%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 59.1%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 3.3%World Bank2025 Female share of population 50.1%World Bank2025 Urban population 45.9%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 3.7World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 91.2World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 62.0yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 54.6‰World Bank2024 Net migration -11 309World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 43.6%World Bank2019 Secondary school enrolment 86.9%World Bank2023 Tertiary enrolment 2.0%World Bank2002 Education spending 2.6%World Bank2023

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $3 717$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $3 690$World Bank2025 Gini index 35.7World Bank2018 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 41.5%World Bank2018 Income share held by richest 10% 29.4%World Bank2018

Health

Suicide rate 6.1per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 4.7%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 25.1%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 107.9per 100World Bank2022 Access to electricity 39.2%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 0.2tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey54.9%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey53.5%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey33.8%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey18.9%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey36.7%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 29.5%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey84.6%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey57.0%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey13.7%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 3.1%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 3.7%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 51.6%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 55.2%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 88.8%World Bank2025

Safety

Intentional homicides 2.2per 100kWorld Bank2020 Feels safe walking alone at night survey61.7%Afrobarometer2022

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey6.0%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

  1. Ghana82%
  2. Cyprus75%
  3. Morocco75%
  4. Liberia75%
  5. Venezuela, RB74%
  6. Kyrgyz Republic73%

Distance is computed on 10 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.