Sierra Leone

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Key facts

  • Currency: Sierra Leonean leone
  • Capital city: Freetown
  • Region: Western Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 72,180 km²
  • Population: 8,605,718
  • Political Leader: Julius Maada Bio (President)

Latest news

Ex-Sierra Leone defender Bangura dies in bus crash

Read: BBC

2024-03-27

Actor Idris Elba dreams of building a city in Sierra Leone

Read: Le Monde

2024-03-27

Sierra Leone national held with cocaine worth 20cr

Read: Times of India

2024-03-25

Idris Elba reveals 'dream' of building eco city on island off Sierra Leone

Read: The Guardian

2024-03-18

Africa Live: Mass burial for unidentified drug victims in Sierra Leone

Read: BBC

2024-03-11

Sierra Leone leader's visit to China shines a light on Xi Jinping's challenge to the West

Read: SCMP

2024-03-02

Deported to Sierra Leone, he lost everything. He's fighting to return.

Read: The Washington Post

2024-02-29

Metrics

Business

GDP 4,094,560,000.00 current US$
Inflation 27.21 annual %
Self-employed 89.15 % of total employment
Unemployment 3.27 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 86.62 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 39,490.00 km²
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 1,048.00 kt
Fertility rate 3.98 births per woman
Forest area 25,151 km²
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 -182.33 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 15.10 years
Methane emissions 3,591.09 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 1,129.53 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 4,293,526
Male Population 4,312,192
Renewable energy consumption 71.17 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 71,910.80 km²
Rural population 4,833,746
Urban land area 713.58 km²
Urban population 3,771,972
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 1.19 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 31.36 per 1,000 people
Death rate 9.11 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 43.21 current US$
Health expenditure 8.76 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.50 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 0.40 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 60 years
Suicide mortality rate 6.70 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 27.49 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 3,000
Individuals using the Internet 18.00 % of population
Net migration -4,000
Press freedom 2.58


Politics

Armed forces personnel 9,000
Democracy score 4.66
Democracy type Hybrid regime
Military expenditure 0.60 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 12.33 %


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Coordinates: [8°50′N, -11°50′S]
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Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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