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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 (see all)
Sierra Leone charges from the back to win the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland
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2024-04-06
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Read: The SUN
2024-04-06
Metrics
General information
Business
GDP | 4,094,560,000.00 current US$ |
Inflation | 27.21 annual % |
Self-employed | 89.15 % of total employment |
Unemployment | 3.21 % 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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Location on a map
Coordinates: [8°50′N, -11°50′S]
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Source
SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago