Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 7.5 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Niger, 0.2% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 1.5% of people as of 2020.

live 1.3 years less

In Niger, the average life expectancy is 60 years (59 years for men, 62 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 58.2% more likely to be obese

In Niger, 5.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Sierra Leone, that number is 8.7% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 5.8 times more likely to be unemployed

In Niger, 0.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Sierra Leone, that number is 3.2% as of 2023.

be 39.2% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Niger, 40.8% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Sierra Leone, however, that number is 56.8% as of 2018.

Life

be 30.3% more likely to be literate

In Niger, the literacy rate is 37.3% as of 2018. In Sierra Leone, it is 48.6% as of 2022.

have 33.9% fewer children

In Niger, there are approximately 46.6 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 50.8% more likely to have access to electricity

In Niger, approximately 20% of people have electricity access (66% in urban areas, and 9% 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 42.3% less likely to have internet access

In Niger, approximately 22.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Sierra Leone, about 12.7% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 2.4 times more on education

Niger spends 3.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Sierra Leone spends 9.1% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 41.9% more on healthcare

Niger spends 6.2% 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.

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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