Sierra Leone's life expectancy rose from 42.6 yrs in 1995 to 62.0 yrs in 2024.
Sierra Leone · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Sierra Leone's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 43.1 yrs in 2000 to 53.1 yrs in 2021.
Sierra Leone's infant mortality fell from 132.9 ‰ in 1995 to 54.6 ‰ in 2024.
Sierra Leone's under-5 mortality rate fell from 245.9 ‰ in 1995 to 90.5 ‰ in 2024.
Sierra Leone's maternal mortality ratio fell from 1,755.0 /100k in 1994 to 354.0 /100k in 2023.
Sierra Leone's ncd mortality fell from 24.3 % in 2000 to 23.9 % in 2021.
Sierra Leone's suicide mortality rate rose from 4.6 /100k in 2000 to 6.1 /100k in 2021.
Sierra Leone's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 31.2 /100k in 2000 to 33.0 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.1 pts130th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −13.4 %178th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −0.5 pts168th of 192
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- Physiciansup +83.6 %115th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesup +448.6 %102nd of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −67.1 %116th of 120*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts92nd of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts93rd of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts121st of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −2.1 %193rd of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.3 pts145th of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.7 pts128th of 141