Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Sierra Leone instead of Timor-Leste, you would:

Health

be 7.5 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Timor-Leste, 0.2% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 1.5% of people as of 2020.

live 11.2 years less

In Timor-Leste, the average life expectancy is 70 years (68 years for men, 72 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 2.3 times more likely to be obese

In Timor-Leste, 3.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Sierra Leone, that number is 8.7% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 50.0% less money

Timor-Leste has a GDP per capita of $3,200 as of 2020, while in Sierra Leone, the GDP per capita is $1,600 as of 2020.

be 3.4 times more likely to be unemployed

In Timor-Leste, 4.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2014. In Sierra Leone, that number is 15.0% as of 2017.

be 35.9% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Timor-Leste, 41.8% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Sierra Leone, however, that number is 56.8% as of 2018.

Life

be 7.9 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Timor-Leste, approximately 142.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Sierra Leone, 1120.0 women do as of 2017.

be 36.6% less likely to be literate

In Timor-Leste, the literacy rate is 68.1% as of 2018. In Sierra Leone, it is 43.2% as of 2018.

be 2.2 times more likely to die during infancy

In Timor-Leste, approximately 33.7 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 69.6% less likely to have access to electricity

In Timor-Leste, approximately 86% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 79% in rural areas) as of 2018. In Sierra Leone, that number is 26% of people on average (52% in urban areas, and 6% in rural areas) as of 2019.

be 37.9% less likely to have internet access

In Timor-Leste, approximately 29.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, about 18.0% do as of 2020.

be 16.7% less likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Timor-Leste, approximately 87% of people have improved drinking water access (98% in urban areas, and 82% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Sierra Leone, that number is 73% of people on average (92% in urban areas, and 58% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 36.8% more on education

Timor-Leste spends 6.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Sierra Leone spends 9.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 22.2% more on healthcare

Timor-Leste spends 7.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Sierra Leone, that number is 8.8% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 43.1% less coastline

Timor-Leste has a total of 706 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

Sierra Leone is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 71,620 sq km. Democracy is slowly being reestablished after the civil war from 1991 to 2002 that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people (about a third of the population). The military, which took over full responsibility for security following the departure of UN peacekeepers at the end of 2005, is increasingly developing as a guarantor of the country's stability. The armed forces remained on the sideline during the 2007 and 2012 national elections, and over the past year have deployed over 850 peacekeepers in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). As of January 2014, Sierra Leone also fielded 122 staff for five UN peacekeeping missions. In March 2014, the closure of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) marked the end of more than 15 years of peacekeeping and political operations in Sierra Leone. The government's priorities include furthering development, creating jobs, and stamping out endemic corruption.
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