Sierra Leone
Access to electricity in Sierra Leone
Access to electricity in Sierra Leone: 7.7% in 2000 and 39.2% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 39.2%
- Since 2000
- +31.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 203 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Sierra Leone | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39.2 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 35.5 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 29.4 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 27.5 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 26.3 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 22.7 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 26.1 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 23.4 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 20.3 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 19.7 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 18.8 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 13.5 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 17.2 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 14.2 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 11.5 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 14.6 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 12.1 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 13 | 82 |
| 2006 | 12.2 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 11.3 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 16.8 | 80 |
| 2003 | 9.9 | 80 |
| 2002 | 9.2 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 8.5 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 7.7 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 73.2 |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Sierra Leone in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.37% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$29.5M in 2025
- Military spending per person$4 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2016