Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Sierra Leone instead of Equatorial Guinea, you would:
Health
be 79.5% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Equatorial Guinea, 7.3% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 1.5% of people as of 2020.
live 4.9 years less
In Equatorial Guinea, the average life expectancy is 64 years (61 years for men, 66 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 63.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Equatorial Guinea, 8.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Sierra Leone, that number is 3.2% as of 2023.
pay a 14.3% lower top tax rate
Equatorial Guinea has a top tax rate of 35.0% as of 2016. In Sierra Leone, the top tax rate is 30.0% as of 2014.
make 89.9% less money
Equatorial Guinea has a GDP per capita of $16,900 as of 2023, while in Sierra Leone, the GDP per capita is $1,700 as of 2023.
be 29.1% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Equatorial Guinea, 44.0% live below the poverty line as of 2011. In Sierra Leone, however, that number is 56.8% as of 2018.
Life
be 2.1 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 212.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, 443.0 women do as of 2020.
be 49.0% less likely to be literate
In Equatorial Guinea, the literacy rate is 95.3% as of 2015. In Sierra Leone, it is 48.6% as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 56.1% less likely to have access to electricity
In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 67% of people have electricity access (90% in urban areas, and 47% 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 76.5% less likely to have internet access
In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 54.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Sierra Leone, about 12.7% do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 2.3 times more on healthcare
Equatorial Guinea spends 3.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 8.8% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 35.8% more coastline
Equatorial Guinea has a total of 296 km of coastline. In Sierra Leone, that number is 402 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, National Revenue Authority.
Sierra Leone: At a glance
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