Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 36.4% more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Chad, 1.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 1.5% of people as of 2020.

be 42.6% more likely to be obese

In Chad, 6.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Sierra Leone, that number is 8.7% of people as of 2016.

Economy

pay a 50.0% lower top tax rate

Chad has a top tax rate of 60.0% as of 2016. In Sierra Leone, the top tax rate is 30.0% as of 2014.

be 2.9 times more likely to be unemployed

In Chad, 1.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Sierra Leone, that number is 3.2% as of 2023.

be 34.3% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Chad, 42.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Sierra Leone, however, that number is 56.8% as of 2018.

Life

be 81.3% more likely to be literate

In Chad, the literacy rate is 26.8% as of 2021. In Sierra Leone, it is 48.6% as of 2022.

be 7.0 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Chad, approximately 63.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, 443.0 women do as of 2020.

be 12.1% more likely to die during infancy

In Chad, approximately 65.5 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.

have 21.4% fewer children

In Chad, there are approximately 39.2 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 2.5 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Chad, approximately 12% of people have electricity access (43% in urban areas, and 1% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Sierra Leone, that number is 29% of people on average (57% in urban areas, and 5% in rural areas) as of 2022.

be 19.5% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Chad, approximately 61% of people have improved drinking water access (90% in urban areas, and 52% 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.

be 29.4% less likely to have internet access

In Chad, approximately 18.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Sierra Leone, about 12.7% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 3.1 times more on education

Chad spends 2.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Sierra Leone spends 9.1% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 63.0% more on healthcare

Chad spends 5.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 8.8% of GDP as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, National Revenue Authority, General Inspectorate of Finance.

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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