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

Human development rose from 0.313 in 1990 to 0.467 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 62 years2024at birthUp 13.6 years from 48.3 years in 2005
Internet users: 25%2024of people onlineUp 25 points from 0% in 2006
Urban population: 46%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 9 points from 37% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.702024births per womanDown 2.11 from 5.81 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 72%2022of energy usedDown 15 points from 87% in 2004
Access to electricity: 39%2024of people with electricityUp 28 points from 11% in 2005
Infant mortality: 552024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 55 from 109 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.2 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.1 t from 0.1 t in 2005
Forest area: 34%2023of land under forestDown 5 points from 39% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value 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	0.313	43.7	—	—	6.57	92.3	—	135	0.1	43.3	—	—
1991	0.303	43.3	—	33.7	6.55	91.8	—	135	0.2	43.0	—	—
1992	0.305	43.5	—	33.9	6.56	92.5	—	135	0.1	42.8	—	—
1993	0.312	43.4	0.0	34.1	6.57	93.0	—	135	0.1	42.5	—	—
1994	0.312	42.8	0.0	34.3	6.56	92.7	—	134	0.1	42.2	—	—
1995	0.314	42.6	0.0	34.5	6.56	93.8	—	133	0.1	42.0	—	—
1996	0.311	43.5	0.0	34.7	6.55	94.3	—	132	0.1	41.7	—	—
1997	0.307	43.6	0.0	34.9	6.53	94.5	—	130	0.1	41.4	—	—
1998	0.304	42.7	0.0	35.1	6.50	94.6	—	128	0.1	41.1	—	—
1999	0.301	42.0	0.1	35.3	6.42	95.0	—	126	0.2	40.9	—	—
2000	0.318	44.8	0.1	35.5	6.36	93.3	8	123	0.1	40.6	—	—
2001	0.330	45.5	0.2	35.8	6.31	91.2	9	121	0.1	40.3	—	—
2002	0.345	46.2	0.2	36.0	6.23	88.0	9	118	0.1	40.0	—	—
2003	0.354	46.8	0.2	36.3	6.09	86.5	10	115	0.1	39.8	—	—
2004	0.363	47.5	0.2	36.5	5.92	86.5	17	112	0.1	39.5	—	—
2005	0.370	48.3	0.2	36.9	5.81	88.1	11	109	0.1	39.2	—	—
2006	0.372	49.5	0.2	37.2	5.74	84.4	12	106	0.1	39.0	580	1698
2007	0.391	50.0	0.2	37.5	5.64	86.3	13	102	0.1	38.7	632	1770
2008	0.400	50.7	0.3	37.9	5.56	86.0	12	99	0.1	38.4	705	1824
2009	0.406	51.3	0.3	38.3	5.45	86.1	15	95	0.1	38.1	653	1814
2010	0.410	51.9	0.6	38.6	5.33	84.9	12	91	0.1	37.9	685	1900
2011	0.416	52.6	0.9	39.0	5.21	81.0	14	87	0.1	37.6	761	2043
2012	0.418	53.2	2.5	39.5	5.06	79.1	17	83	0.1	37.3	938	2317
2013	0.436	54.0	4.0	39.9	4.87	74.6	14	80	0.2	37.0	1117	2701
2014	0.438	54.3	6.1	40.3	4.70	73.0	19	78	0.2	36.8	1118	2762
2015	0.432	55.5	6.3	40.8	4.55	74.0	20	77	0.1	36.5	965	2560
2016	0.441	56.9	7.7	41.2	4.47	73.6	20	71	0.1	36.2	844	2635
2017	0.445	57.8	9.3	41.7	4.39	74.6	23	69	0.1	35.9	779	2501
2018	0.451	59.1	14.4	42.2	4.29	75.9	26	66	0.2	35.7	846	2640
2019	0.455	59.6	15.7	42.7	4.19	75.4	23	64	0.2	35.4	844	2704
2020	0.454	59.7	17.1	43.2	4.08	75.1	26	62	0.2	35.1	845	2719
2021	0.458	60.3	18.6	43.7	3.98	71.1	28	60	0.2	34.9	885	2849
2022	0.463	61.3	21.5	44.3	3.88	71.6	29	58	0.2	34.6	860	3143
2023	0.467	61.8	23.7	44.8	3.79	—	36	56	0.2	34.3	758	3371
2024	—	62.0	25.1	45.4	3.70	—	39	55	0.2	—	807	3527
2025	—	—	—	45.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	846	3717
On the profile	0.467	62.0	25.1	45.9	3.70	71.6	—	—	0.2	34.3	846	3717

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; 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 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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