Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Sierra Leone instead of Angola, you would:

Health

be 16.7% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Angola, 1.8% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 1.5% of people as of 2020.

live 3.4 years less

In Angola, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 64 years for women) as of 2022. In Sierra Leone, that number is 59 years (57 years for men, 60 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 77.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Angola, 14.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Sierra Leone, that number is 3.3% as of 2022.

make 72.9% less money

Angola has a GDP per capita of $5,900 as of 2022, while in Sierra Leone, the GDP per capita is $1,600 as of 2022.

be 75.9% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Angola, 32.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Sierra Leone, however, that number is 56.8% as of 2018.

pay a 76.5% higher top tax rate

Angola has a top tax rate of 17.0% as of 2016. In Sierra Leone, the top tax rate is 30.0% as of 2014.

Life

be 99.5% more likely to die during childbirth

In Angola, approximately 222.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, 443.0 women do as of 2020.

be 31.6% less likely to be literate

In Angola, the literacy rate is 71.1% as of 2015. In Sierra Leone, it is 48.6% as of 2022.

be 24.7% more likely to die during infancy

In Angola, approximately 58.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Sierra Leone, on the other hand, 73.4 children do as of 2022.

have 25.1% fewer children

In Angola, there are approximately 41.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Sierra Leone, there are 30.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 43.2% less likely to have access to electricity

In Angola, approximately 48% of people have electricity access (75% in urban areas, and 6% in rural areas) as of 2021. In Sierra Leone, that number is 27% of people on average (57% in urban areas, and 5% in rural areas) as of 2021.

be 61.5% less likely to have internet access

In Angola, approximately 33.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Sierra Leone, about 12.7% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 3.8 times more on education

Angola spends 2.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Sierra Leone spends 9.1% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 3.0 times more on healthcare

Angola spends 2.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 8.8% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 74.9% less coastline

Angola has a total of 1,600 km of coastline. In Sierra Leone, that number is 402 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Direcção Nacional dos Impostos, Ministério das Finanças, National Revenue Authority.

Sierra Leone: At a glance

Sierra Leone is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 71,620 sq km. Democracy is slowly being reestablished after the civil war from 1991 to 2002 that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people (about a third of the population). The military, which took over full responsibility for security following the departure of UN peacekeepers at the end of 2005, is increasingly developing as a guarantor of the country's stability. The armed forces remained on the sideline during the 2007 and 2012 national elections, and over the past year have deployed over 850 peacekeepers in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). As of January 2014, Sierra Leone also fielded 122 staff for five UN peacekeeping missions. In March 2014, the closure of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) marked the end of more than 15 years of peacekeeping and political operations in Sierra Leone. The government's priorities include furthering development, creating jobs, and stamping out endemic corruption.
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