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Sierra Leone

8.5N 11.5W · 27 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM · 27 APRIL 1961
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1971 – present · One-party rule, civil war, and recovery
6 EVENTS
1978 · One-party state under the APC 2 REFS
23 March 1991 · Civil war begins 2 REFS
1896 – 1971 · Protectorate, the Hut Tax War, and independence
5 EVENTS
1896 · The Protectorate proclaimed 2 REFS
1898 · The Hut Tax War 2 REFS
1808 – 1895 · Crown Colony, Liberated Africans, and the Krio
4 EVENTS
1808 · Sierra Leone becomes a Crown Colony 2 REFS
1808–1860s · The West Africa Squadron frees the recaptives 2 REFS
1787 – 1808 · The Province of Freedom and the founding of Freetown
4 EVENTS
1787 · The 'Province of Freedom' founded 2 REFS
1791 · The Sierra Leone Company chartered 2 REFS
c. 1560 – 1807 · The Atlantic slave trade and Bunce Island
4 EVENTS
16th century · The coast enters the Atlantic trade 2 REFS
c. 1750 · Bunce Island at its height 3 REFS
c. 1400 – 1600 · The Rice Coast peoples and the Mane
4 EVENTS
c. 1460s · Portuguese chart the 'Lion Mountains' 2 REFS
before c. 1550 · The Rice Coast chiefdoms 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Freetown
Population
6.2 m
Area
71,740 km²
Region
Western Africa
Languages
English
Currency
Sierra Leonean leone (Le)
Demonym
Sierra Leonean
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$7.5 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$846’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
4.6%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
7.5%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
49.1%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
8.8 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
62.0 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
45.9%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
3.7’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
43.6%’19 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
47.9’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
58.2’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
32.5’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
38.2’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
42.5’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
33.6’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
4.7%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.13’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
90.5’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
90.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
10.9%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
43.6%’19 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
2.6%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
162.1%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
86.9%’23 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
2.0%’02 WB-UNESCO

Technology

Internet users
25.1%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
108’22 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
0.7%’18 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
72,180 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
34.3%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
54.7%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.2’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
71.6%’22 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
9.0%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.2%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
8.8%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
39.2%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
0.5%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$36 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
9,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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