Sierra Leone, year by year

Every index this site holds for Sierra Leone, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.314 → 0.458 (+0.144)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth48.3 → 62 (+13.6)

Internet users0 → 25 (+25)

Urban population37 → 46 (+9)

Births per woman5.81 → 3.70 (-2.11)

Renewable share of energy87 → 72 (-15)

Access to electricity11 → 39 (+28)

Infant mortality109 → 55 (-55)

CO2 emissions per person0.1 → 0.2 (+0.1)

Forest area39 → 34 (-5)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 2 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.314	43.7	—	—	6.57	92	—	135	0.1	43.3	—	—
1991	0.304	43.3	—	34	6.55	92	—	135	0.2	43.0	—	—
1992	0.305	43.5	—	34	6.56	93	—	135	0.1	42.8	—	—
1993	0.312	43.4	0	34	6.57	93	—	135	0.1	42.5	—	—
1994	0.312	42.8	0	34	6.56	93	—	134	0.1	42.2	—	—
1995	0.314	42.6	0	35	6.56	94	—	133	0.1	42.0	—	—
1996	0.312	43.5	0	35	6.55	94	—	132	0.1	41.7	—	—
1997	0.307	43.6	0	35	6.53	95	—	130	0.1	41.4	—	—
1998	0.304	42.7	0	35	6.50	95	—	128	0.1	41.1	—	—
1999	0.301	42.0	0	35	6.42	95	—	126	0.2	40.9	—	—
2000	0.319	44.8	0	36	6.36	93	8	123	0.1	40.6	—	—
2001	0.330	45.5	0	36	6.31	91	9	121	0.1	40.3	—	—
2002	0.346	46.2	0	36	6.23	88	9	118	0.1	40.0	—	—
2003	0.355	46.8	0	36	6.09	87	10	115	0.1	39.8	—	—
2004	0.363	47.5	0	37	5.92	87	17	112	0.1	39.5	—	—
2005	0.369	48.3	0	37	5.81	88	11	109	0.1	39.2	—	—
2006	0.371	49.5	0	37	5.74	84	12	106	0.1	39.0	580	1698
2007	0.392	50.0	0	38	5.64	86	13	102	0.1	38.7	632	1770
2008	0.403	50.7	0	38	5.56	86	12	99	0.1	38.4	705	1824
2009	0.411	51.3	0	38	5.45	86	15	95	0.1	38.1	653	1814
2010	0.416	51.9	1	39	5.33	85	12	91	0.1	37.9	685	1900
2011	0.424	52.6	1	39	5.21	81	14	87	0.1	37.6	761	2043
2012	0.427	53.2	3	39	5.06	79	17	83	0.1	37.3	938	2317
2013	0.445	54.0	4	40	4.87	75	14	80	0.2	37.0	1117	2701
2014	0.447	54.3	6	40	4.70	73	19	78	0.2	36.8	1118	2762
2015	0.438	55.5	6	41	4.55	74	20	77	0.1	36.5	965	2560
2016	0.446	56.9	8	41	4.47	74	20	71	0.1	36.2	844	2635
2017	0.448	57.8	9	42	4.39	75	23	69	0.1	35.9	779	2501
2018	0.454	59.1	14	42	4.29	76	26	66	0.2	35.7	846	2640
2019	0.457	59.6	16	43	4.19	75	23	64	0.2	35.4	844	2704
2020	0.453	59.7	17	43	4.08	75	26	62	0.2	35.1	845	2719
2021	0.456	60.3	19	44	3.98	71	28	60	0.2	34.9	885	2849
2022	0.458	61.3	22	44	3.88	72	29	58	0.2	34.6	860	3143
2023	—	61.8	24	45	3.79	—	36	56	0.2	34.3	758	3371
2024	—	62.0	25	45	3.70	—	39	55	0.2	—	807	3527
2025	—	—	—	46	—	—	—	—	—	—	846	3717
Profile shows	0.458	62.0	25	46	3.70	72	—	—	0.2	34.3	846	3717

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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