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| GDP (PPP) per capita (2024): 3,522.31 Int. Dollar | Population (2024): 8,642,022 | HDI (2024): 0.47 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
179
Score: 33.2
Vulnerability
0.602
Readiness
0.266
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Sierra Leone places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Sierra Leone is the 13th most vulnerable country and the 167th most ready country.
ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995
| Year | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Ranking | 181 | 182 | 183 | 183 | 184 | 184 | 182 | 181 | 179 | 179 | 179 | 180 | 180 | 181 | 180 | 181 | 181 | 174 | 176 | 173 | 173 | 177 | 173 | 175 | 177 | 178 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 179 |
| Indicator | 2005 to 2024 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability | 0.602 | |
| Food | 0.621 | |
| Projected change of cereal yields | 0.962 | |
| Projected population change | 0.406 | |
| Food import dependency | 0.514 | |
| Rural population | 0.589 | |
| Agriculture capacity | 0.993 | |
| Child malnutrition | 0.260 | |
| Water | 0.508 | |
| Projected change of annual runoff | 0.436 | |
| Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.714 | |
| Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0.001 | |
| Water dependency ratio | 0 | |
| Dam capacity | 0.993 | |
| Access to reliable drinking water | 0.903 | |
| Health | 0.666 | |
| Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.333 | |
| Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.393 | |
| Dependency on external resource for health services | 0.965 | |
| Slum population | 0.497 | |
| Medical staff | 0.958 | |
| Access to improved sanitation facilities | 0.848 | |
| Ecosystem Services | 0.555 | |
| Projected change of biome distribution | 0.624 | |
| Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.479 | |
| Natural capital dependency | 0.703 | |
| Ecological footprint | 0.192 | |
| Protected biome | 0.572 | |
| Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.761 | |
| Human Habitat | 0.660 | |
| Projected change of warm periods | 0.315 | |
| Projected change of flood hazard | 0.820 | |
| Urban concentration | 0.411 | |
| Age dependency ratio | 0.673 | |
| Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.815 | |
| Paved roads | 0.927 | |
| Infrastructure | - | |
| Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | - | |
| Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.151 | |
| Dependency on imported energy | - | |
| Population living under 5m above sea level | 0.214 | |
| Electricity access | 0.652 | |
| Disaster preparedness | - |