Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Sierra Leone instead of Cote d'Ivoire, you would:

Health

be 28.6% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Cote d'Ivoire, 2.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 1.5% of people as of 2020.

be 15.5% less likely to be obese

In Cote d'Ivoire, 10.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Sierra Leone, that number is 8.7% of people as of 2016.

live 3.5 years less

In Cote d'Ivoire, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 65 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

make 75.7% less money

Cote d'Ivoire has a GDP per capita of $7,000 as of 2023, while in Sierra Leone, the GDP per capita is $1,700 as of 2023.

be 32.1% more likely to be unemployed

In Cote d'Ivoire, 2.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Sierra Leone, that number is 3.2% as of 2023.

be 51.5% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Cote d'Ivoire, 37.5% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Sierra Leone, however, that number is 56.8% as of 2018.

Life

have 12.0% more children

In Cote d'Ivoire, there are approximately 27.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Sierra Leone, there are 30.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 45.9% less likely to be literate

In Cote d'Ivoire, the literacy rate is 89.9% as of 2019. In Sierra Leone, it is 48.6% as of 2022.

be 31.9% more likely to die during infancy

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 55.7 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.

Basic Needs

be 58.2% less likely to have access to electricity

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 70% of people have electricity access (95% in urban areas, and 45% 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 71.8% less likely to have internet access

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 45.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Sierra Leone, about 12.7% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 2.7 times more on education

Cote d'Ivoire spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Sierra Leone spends 9.1% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 2.7 times more on healthcare

Cote d'Ivoire spends 3.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 8.8% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 21.9% less coastline

Cote d'Ivoire has a total of 515 km of coastline. In Sierra Leone, that number is 402 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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