Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Niger instead of Sierra Leone, you would:
Health
be 86.7% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Sierra Leone, 1.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Niger, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.
live 1.3 years longer
In Sierra Leone, the average life expectancy is 59 years (57 years for men, 60 years for women) as of 2022. In Niger, that number is 60 years (59 years for men, 62 years for women) as of 2022.
be 36.8% less likely to be obese
In Sierra Leone, 8.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Niger, that number is 5.5% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 82.6% less likely to be unemployed
In Sierra Leone, 3.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Niger, that number is 0.6% as of 2023.
be 28.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Sierra Leone, 56.8% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Niger, however, that number is 40.8% as of 2018.
Life
have 51.3% more children
In Sierra Leone, there are approximately 30.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Niger, there are 46.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 23.3% less likely to be literate
In Sierra Leone, the literacy rate is 48.6% as of 2022. In Niger, it is 37.3% as of 2018.
Basic Needs
be 73.2% more likely to have internet access
In Sierra Leone, approximately 12.7% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Niger, about 22.0% do as of 2021.
be 33.7% less likely to have access to electricity
In Sierra Leone, approximately 29% of people have electricity access (57% in urban areas, and 5% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Niger, that number is 20% of people on average (66% in urban areas, and 9% in rural areas) as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 58.2% less on education
Sierra Leone spends 9.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Niger spends 3.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 29.5% less on healthcare
Sierra Leone spends 8.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Niger, that number is 6.2% of GDP as of 2020.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Niger: At a glance
How big is Niger compared to Sierra Leone? See an in-depth size comparison.