Sierra Leone's hdi rose from 0.3 in 1994 to 0.5 in 2023.
Sierra Leone · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 13 with data
Sierra Leone's life satisfaction fell from 3.6 in 2011 to 3.3 in 2025.
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs206th of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthup +0.5 yrs170th of 185
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- Gini indexup +5.0 %50th of 93*
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)up +0.4 %132nd of 200
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- Homicide rateup +26.2 %59th of 129*
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.3 pts145th of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)up +3.7 pts205th of 215
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- Internet usersup +1.4 pts169th of 182
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- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs178th of 195
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- Unemploymentup +0.0 pts46th of 185
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- Women in parliamentunchanged +0.0 pts79th of 184
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Sierra Leone.
- Housing cost overburden rateNo data