Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Sierra Leone instead of Kenya, you would:
Health
be 64.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Kenya, 4.2% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 1.5% of people as of 2020.
live 10.9 years less
In Kenya, the average life expectancy is 70 years (68 years for men, 71 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 22.5% more likely to be obese
In Kenya, 7.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Sierra Leone, that number is 8.7% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 62.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Kenya, 40.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2013. In Sierra Leone, that number is 15.0% as of 2017.
make 61.9% less money
Kenya has a GDP per capita of $4,200 as of 2020, while in Sierra Leone, the GDP per capita is $1,600 as of 2020.
be 57.3% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Kenya, 36.1% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Sierra Leone, however, that number is 56.8% as of 2018.
Life
have 22.0% more children
In Kenya, there are approximately 26.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Sierra Leone, there are 32.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 3.3 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Kenya, approximately 342.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Sierra Leone, 1120.0 women do as of 2017.
be 47.0% less likely to be literate
In Kenya, the literacy rate is 81.5% as of 2018. In Sierra Leone, it is 43.2% as of 2018.
be 2.6 times more likely to die during infancy
In Kenya, approximately 27.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Sierra Leone, on the other hand, 73.4 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 69.4% less likely to have access to electricity
In Kenya, approximately 85% of people have electricity access (99% in urban areas, and 79% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Sierra Leone, that number is 26% of people on average (52% in urban areas, and 6% in rural areas) as of 2019.
Expenditures
spend 82.4% more on education
Kenya spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Sierra Leone spends 9.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 91.3% more on healthcare
Kenya spends 4.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Sierra Leone, that number is 8.8% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 25.0% less coastline
Kenya has a total of 536 km of coastline. In Sierra Leone, that number is 402 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Sierra Leone: At a glance
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