Quality of life comparison

be 26.3% less likely to be obese

In Cabo Verde, 11.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Sierra Leone, that number is 8.7% of people as of 2016.

be 3.0 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Cabo Verde, 0.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 1.5% of people as of 2020.

live 15.0 years less

In Cabo Verde, the average life expectancy is 74 years (71 years for men, 76 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.

be 73.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Cabo Verde, 12.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Sierra Leone, that number is 3.3% as of 2022.

make 78.4% less money

Cabo Verde has a GDP per capita of $7,400 as of 2022, while in Sierra Leone, the GDP per capita is $1,600 as of 2022.

be 61.4% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Cabo Verde, 35.2% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Sierra Leone, however, that number is 56.8% as of 2018.

have 72.1% more children

In Cabo Verde, there are approximately 17.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Sierra Leone, there are 30.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 10.5 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Cabo Verde, approximately 42.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, 443.0 women do as of 2020.

be 46.5% less likely to be literate

In Cabo Verde, the literacy rate is 90.8% as of 2021. In Sierra Leone, it is 48.6% as of 2022.

be 3.1 times more likely to die during infancy

In Cabo Verde, approximately 23.5 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.

be 71.2% less likely to have access to electricity

In Cabo Verde, approximately 95% of people have electricity access (95% in urban areas, and 97% 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 81.9% less likely to have internet access

In Cabo Verde, approximately 70.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Sierra Leone, about 12.7% do as of 2022.

be 24.7% less likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Cabo Verde, approximately 97% of people have improved drinking water access (100% in urban areas, and 90% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 73% of people on average (92% in urban areas, and 58% in rural areas) as of 2020.

spend 19.7% more on education

Cabo Verde spends 7.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Sierra Leone spends 9.1% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 46.7% more on healthcare

Cabo Verde spends 6.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 8.8% of GDP as of 2020.

see 58.3% less coastline

Cabo Verde has a total of 965 km of coastline. In Sierra Leone, that number is 402 km.