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Sierra Leone · Infrastructure & transportation

Transport networks, passengers, freight and access.

10 indicators · 7 with data

Air

Air transport, passengers carried

passengers

152nd of 160 · 34th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Air transport, passengers carriedSierra Leone's air transport, passengers carried rose from 23,000 in 1975 to 50,193 in 2012.1980199020002010020k40k60k50,193

Sierra Leone's air transport, passengers carried rose from 23,000 in 1975 to 50,193 in 2012.

Air transport, freight

million tonne-km

146th of 160 · 31st in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Air transport, freightSierra Leone's air transport, freight fell from 0.9 in 1980 to 0 in 2012.198019851990199520002005201002468100

Sierra Leone's air transport, freight fell from 0.9 in 1980 to 0 in 2012.

Shipping

Container port traffic

TEU (20-foot equivalent units)

126th of 162 · 25th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Container port trafficSierra Leone's container port traffic rose from 50,000 in 2010 to 78,413 in 2019.2010201220142016201840k60k80k100k78,413

Sierra Leone's container port traffic rose from 50,000 in 2010 to 78,413 in 2019.

Liner shipping connectivity index

index (maximum value in 2004 = 100)

123rd of 165 · 23rd in Sub-Saharan Africa
Liner shipping connectivity indexSierra Leone's liner shipping connectivity index rose from 4.6 in 2006 to 7.3 in 2021.20102015202005107.3

Sierra Leone's liner shipping connectivity index rose from 4.6 in 2006 to 7.3 in 2021.

Logistics

Logistics performance index, overall

score (1 = low, 5 = high)

155th of 159 · 36th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Logistics performance index, overallSierra Leone's logistics performance index, overall rose from 2.0 in 2007 to 2.1 in 2018.2008201020122014201620181.92.022.12.12.1

Sierra Leone's logistics performance index, overall rose from 2.0 in 2007 to 2.1 in 2018.

Access

Access to electricity (% of population)

% of population

205th of 215 · 38th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Access to electricity (% of population)Sierra Leone's access to electricity (% of population) rose from 7.7 % in 2000 to 39.2 % in 2024.200020052010201520200%10%20%30%40%39.2 %

Sierra Leone's access to electricity (% of population) rose from 7.7 % in 2000 to 39.2 % in 2024.

Mortality

Mortality caused by road traffic injury

per 100,000 people

169th of 183 · 38th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mortality caused by road traffic injurySierra Leone's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 31.2 /100k in 2000 to 33.0 /100k in 2019.20002005201020152830323433.0 /100k

Sierra Leone's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 31.2 /100k in 2000 to 33.0 /100k in 2019.

No data available (3)

These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Sierra Leone.

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