Data and Statistics

The World Bank gathers and shares development data to improve understanding of the challenges facing each country. The following resources cover a range of social and economic measures of poverty and development.

Sierra Leone: Quick Facts

For a complete list of indicators, refer to the  Sierra Leone Country Data Profile. Refer to the Africa Quick Query to customize and manage timeseries data on a wide range of topics.

World Bank Sources of Data

Summary Data
	Millennium Development Goals for Sierra Leone: Targets for reducing poverty, improving health and education, and protecting the environment.
	Sierra Leone Country Data Profile
 Â	Sierra Leone Data-at-a-Glance (PDF)

Data by Topic
Â	Doing Business Report - Investment Climate Snapshot: Indicators of the cost of doing business by identifying specific regulations that enhance or constrain the business investment, productivity, and growth.Â
Â	Information/Communications/Telecommunications (PDF): ICT infrastructure & access, Computers and the Internet, ICT expenditures, and ICT business & government environment.
	Gender Statistics: A compilation of data on key gender topics from national statistics agencies, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys.
	HNPStats: The World Bank’s comprehensive database of Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) statistics.
	Education Statistics: EdStats collects worldwide data on education from national statistical reports, statistical annexes of new publications, and other data sources.

Debt
	World Bank Debt Service: Debt service repayments for World Bank loans and/or credits.

Poverty Data
	Africa Development Indicators: Drawn from the World Bank Africa Database, this publication provides the most detailed collection of development data on Africa in one volume. It presents data from 53 African countries and 5 regional country groups, arranged in separate tables or matrices for more than 500 indicators of development.
	World Development Indicators: Information and selected samples from the WDI 2009 publication, the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development.
 Â	Main World Bank Data site

Other Sources of Data on Sierra Leone
Please note, the World Bank is not responsible for the content on the following external websites.

African Development Bank
Â	Statistics from the African Development Bank

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Â	World Economic Outlook Databases: Source of the World Economic Outlook Reports. You can download macroeconomic data (GDP, Inflation, etc.) tables which list all countries, including Sierra Leone.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Â	Human Development Indicators in Sierra Leone: Shows Sierra Leone's ranking in the Human Development Report as well as a broad range of indicators from poverty to demographic trends to women's political participation, etc. Â

World Health Organization (WHO)
Â	Selected Health Indicators
Â	UNAIDS/WHO-- Epidemological Factsheets on Sierra Leone: HIV/AIDS prevalence & related indicators.