# Guinea and Sierra Leone compared Guinea and Sierra Leone side by side: 40 shared sourced indicators across 9 domains, their chronicles record no events of each other. Canonical: https://terralore.co/compare/gin-vs-sle Updated: 2026-08-10 (latest of the two dossiers' refreshes and the two chronicles' verification dates) Two sourced records set beside each other — nothing on this page was written for the pair. Every figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two national dossiers; every event is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle. Figures are compared, never graded. A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero; each value shows its own observation year — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Formation - Guinea: 2 October 1958 — Guinea votes 'Non' and proclaims independence from France - Sierra Leone: 27 April 1961 — Sierra Leone becomes independent of Britain ## Economy | Metric | Guinea | Observed | Sierra Leone | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | GDP | $25 B | 2024 | $7.0 B | 2024 | | GDP per capita | $1,695 | 2024 | $807 | 2024 | | GDP growth | 5.4% | 2024 | 4.3% | 2024 | | Inflation | 8.1% | 2024 | 28.6% | 2024 | | Trade openness | 97.8% | 2024 | 40.5% | 2024 | ## Society | Metric | Guinea | Observed | Sierra Leone | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population | 15 m | 2024 | 8.6 m | 2024 | | Life expectancy | 60.9 yrs | 2024 | 62.0 yrs | 2024 | | Urban population | 38.1% | 2024 | 45.4% | 2024 | | Fertility rate | 4.1 | 2024 | 3.7 | 2024 | ## Governance | Metric | Guinea | Observed | Sierra Leone | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 35.7 | 2024 | 47.9 | 2024 | | Political stability | 48.2 | 2024 | 58.2 | 2024 | | Government effectiveness | 34.1 | 2024 | 32.5 | 2024 | | Regulatory quality | 40.8 | 2024 | 38.2 | 2024 | | Rule of law | 37.2 | 2024 | 42.5 | 2024 | | Control of corruption | 24.1 | 2024 | 33.6 | 2024 | ## Health | Metric | Guinea | Observed | Sierra Leone | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 3.7% | 2023 | 4.7% | 2023 | | Physicians | 0.21 | 2022 | 0.13 | 2022 | | Under-5 mortality | 92.1 | 2024 | 90.5 | 2024 | | Measles immunisation | 60.0% | 2024 | 90.0% | 2024 | | Safe drinking water | — | — | 10.9% | 2024 | ## Education | Metric | Guinea | Observed | Sierra Leone | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Adult literacy | 39.6% | 2018 | 43.6% | 2019 | | Education spending | 1.7% | 2023 | 2.6% | 2023 | | Primary enrolment | 100.5% | 2020 | 162.1% | 2024 | | Secondary enrolment | 38.6% | 2014 | 86.9% | 2023 | | Tertiary enrolment | 10.9% | 2014 | 2.0% | 2002 | ## Technology | Metric | Guinea | Observed | Sierra Leone | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Internet users | 33.3% | 2024 | 25.1% | 2024 | | Mobile subscriptions | 98 | 2023 | 108 | 2022 | | High-tech exports | 0.9% | 2016 | 0.7% | 2018 | ## Geography | Metric | Guinea | Observed | Sierra Leone | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Land area | 245,720 km² | 2023 | 72,180 km² | 2023 | | Forest area | 24.7% | 2023 | 34.3% | 2023 | | Agricultural land | 73.2% | 2023 | 54.7% | 2023 | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 0.4 | 2024 | 0.2 | 2024 | | Renewable energy | 66.6% | 2022 | 71.6% | 2022 | ## Resources | Metric | Guinea | Observed | Sierra Leone | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 4.5% | 2021 | 9.0% | 2021 | | Oil rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 0.0% | 2021 | | Mineral rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 0.2% | 2021 | | Forest rents | 4.5% | 2021 | 8.8% | 2021 | | Electricity access | 51.1% | 2023 | 35.5% | 2023 | | Bauxite | 150 Mt | 2025 | — | — | ## Military | Metric | Guinea | Observed | Sierra Leone | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 2.1% | 2024 | 0.5% | 2024 | | Defense spending | $562 M | 2024 | $36 M | 2024 | | Armed forces | 13,000 | 2020 | 9,000 | 2020 | Each metric is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Full dossiers: https://terralore.co/country/GIN.md and https://terralore.co/country/SLE.md. ## Entangled histories (0 events) Neither nation's sourced chronicle names the other — across both archives, no recorded event crosses between them. That is a fact about the two records as they stand, not a gap filled here. ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://childmortality.org - Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 — U.S. Geological Survey · Public domain (U.S. Government work) · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex Chronicle references are cited inline above and resolve in full at https://terralore.co/country/GIN/chronicle.md and https://terralore.co/country/SLE/chronicle.md. 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