Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Kenya instead of Sierra Leone, you would:
Health
live 10.9 years longer
In Sierra Leone, the average life expectancy is 59 years (57 years for men, 60 years for women) as of 2022. In Kenya, that number is 70 years (68 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2022.
be 18.4% less likely to be obese
In Sierra Leone, 8.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Kenya, that number is 7.1% of people as of 2016.
be 2.8 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Sierra Leone, 1.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Kenya, that number is 4.2% of people as of 2020.
Economy
make 2.6 times more money
Sierra Leone has a GDP per capita of $1,600 as of 2020, while in Kenya, the GDP per capita is $4,200 as of 2020.
be 36.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Sierra Leone, 56.8% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Kenya, however, that number is 36.1% as of 2016.
be 2.7 times more likely to be unemployed
In Sierra Leone, 15.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Kenya, that number is 40.0% as of 2013.
Life
be 69.5% less likely to die during childbirth
In Sierra Leone, approximately 1120.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Kenya, 342.0 women do as of 2017.
be 88.7% more likely to be literate
In Sierra Leone, the literacy rate is 43.2% as of 2018. In Kenya, it is 81.5% as of 2018.
be 62.1% 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 Kenya, on the other hand, 27.9 children do as of 2022.
have 18.0% fewer children
In Sierra Leone, there are approximately 32.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Kenya, there are 26.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 3.3 times more 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 Kenya, that number is 85% of people on average (99% in urban areas, and 79% in rural areas) as of 2019.
Expenditures
spend 45.2% less on education
Sierra Leone spends 9.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Kenya spends 5.1% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 47.7% less on healthcare
Sierra Leone spends 8.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Kenya, that number is 4.6% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 33.3% more coastline
Sierra Leone has a total of 402 km of coastline. In Kenya, that number is 536 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Kenya: At a glance
How big is Kenya compared to Sierra Leone? See an in-depth size comparison.