Quality of life comparison

be 20.0% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Sierra Leone, 1.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Bahamas, that number is 1.2% of people as of 2020.

live 17.4 years longer

In Sierra Leone, the average life expectancy is 59 years (57 years for men, 60 years for women) as of 2022. In Bahamas, that number is 76 years (73 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.

be 3.6 times more likely to be obese

In Sierra Leone, 8.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Bahamas, that number is 31.6% of people as of 2016.

make 19.2 times more money

Sierra Leone has a GDP per capita of $1,600 as of 2020, while in Bahamas, the GDP per capita is $30,800 as of 2020.

be 32.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Sierra Leone, 15.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Bahamas, that number is 10.1% as of 2017.

be 83.6% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Sierra Leone, 56.8% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Bahamas, however, that number is 9.3% as of 2010.

be 93.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Sierra Leone, approximately 1120.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Bahamas, 70.0 women do as of 2017.

be 82.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Sierra Leone, approximately 73.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Bahamas, on the other hand, 12.8 children do as of 2022.

have 54.5% fewer children

In Sierra Leone, there are approximately 32.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Bahamas, there are 14.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 3.8 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Sierra Leone, approximately 26% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Bahamas, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

be 4.8 times more likely to have internet access

In Sierra Leone, approximately 18.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Bahamas, about 87.0% do as of 2020.

be 35.9% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Sierra Leone, approximately 73% of people have improved drinking water access as of 2020. In Bahamas, 99% of people do as of 2017.

spend 73.1% less on education

Sierra Leone spends 9.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Bahamas spends 2.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 34.1% less on healthcare

Sierra Leone spends 8.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Bahamas, that number is 5.8% of GDP as of 2019.

see 8.8 times more coastline

Sierra Leone has a total of 402 km of coastline. In Bahamas, that number is 3,542 km.