Quality of life comparison
If you lived in California instead of Sierra Leone, you would:
Health
be 3.5 times more likely to be obese
In Sierra Leone, 8.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In California, that number is 28.4% of people as of 2022.
Economy
make 99.3 times more money
Sierra Leone has a GDP per capita of $846 as of 2025, while in California, the GDP per capita is $84,028 as of 2024.
be 61.9% more likely to be unemployed
In Sierra Leone, 3.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In California, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.
Basic Needs
be 3.7 times more likely to have internet access
In Sierra Leone, approximately 25.1% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In California, about 92.6% do as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this
