Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Niger instead of Sierra Leone, you would:
Health
be 86.7% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Sierra Leone, 1.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Niger, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.
live 1.3 years longer
In Sierra Leone, the average life expectancy is 59 years (57 years for men, 60 years for women) as of 2022. In Niger, that number is 60 years (59 years for men, 62 years for women) as of 2022.
be 36.8% less likely to be obese
In Sierra Leone, 8.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Niger, that number is 5.5% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 98.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Sierra Leone, 15.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Niger, that number is 0.3% as of 2017.
be 28.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Sierra Leone, 56.8% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Niger, however, that number is 40.8% as of 2018.
make 25.0% less money
Sierra Leone has a GDP per capita of $1,600 as of 2020, while in Niger, the GDP per capita is $1,200 as of 2020.
Life
be 54.6% less likely to die during childbirth
In Sierra Leone, approximately 1120.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Niger, 509.0 women do as of 2017.
have 46.2% more children
In Sierra Leone, there are approximately 32.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Niger, there are 47.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 18.8% less likely to be literate
In Sierra Leone, the literacy rate is 43.2% as of 2018. In Niger, it is 35.1% as of 2018.
Basic Needs
be 46.2% less likely to have access to electricity
In Sierra Leone, approximately 26% of people have electricity access (52% in urban areas, and 6% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Niger, that number is 14% of people on average (71% in urban areas, and 2% in rural areas) as of 2019.
be 44.4% less likely to have internet access
In Sierra Leone, approximately 18.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Niger, about 10.0% do as of 2019.
Expenditures
spend 62.4% less on education
Sierra Leone spends 9.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Niger spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 35.2% less on healthcare
Sierra Leone spends 8.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Niger, that number is 5.7% of GDP as of 2019.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Niger: At a glance
How big is Niger compared to Sierra Leone? See an in-depth size comparison.