Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 21.1% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Haiti, 1.9% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 1.5% of people as of 2020.

be 61.7% less likely to be obese

In Haiti, 22.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Sierra Leone, that number is 8.7% of people as of 2016.

live 7.2 years less

In Haiti, the average life expectancy is 66 years (63 years for men, 69 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 78.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Haiti, 14.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Sierra Leone, that number is 3.2% as of 2023.

make 41.4% less money

Haiti has a GDP per capita of $2,900 as of 2023, while in Sierra Leone, the GDP per capita is $1,700 as of 2023.

Life

have 45.3% more children

In Haiti, there are approximately 21.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Sierra Leone, there are 30.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 26.6% more likely to die during childbirth

In Haiti, approximately 350.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, 443.0 women do as of 2020.

be 21.2% less likely to be literate

In Haiti, the literacy rate is 61.7% as of 2016. In Sierra Leone, it is 48.6% as of 2022.

be 83.5% more likely to die during infancy

In Haiti, approximately 40.0 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 40.4% less likely to have access to electricity

In Haiti, approximately 49% of people have electricity access (82% in urban areas, and 3% 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 67.4% less likely to have internet access

In Haiti, approximately 39.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Sierra Leone, about 12.7% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 6.5 times more on education

Haiti spends 1.4% 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

Haiti 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 77.3% less coastline

Haiti has a total of 1,771 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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