Eritrea vs Sierra Leone

Eritrea and Sierra Leone compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Sierra Leone has about 2.4 times as many people as Eritrea: 8.8 million against 3.6 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Sierra Leone ($846 in 2025) is 23% higher than in Eritrea ($689 in 2011).
• The economy grew faster in Eritrea (8.7% in 2011) than in Sierra Leone (4.6% in 2025), a difference of 4.1 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Eritrea (6%) than in Sierra Leone (3.2%), a difference of 2.8 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Eritrea can expect to live 6.9 years longer than one born in Sierra Leone: 68.9 years against 62 years in 2024.
• The population of Sierra Leone is older: half of its people are over 19.3 years, against 18.7 years in Eritrea in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Sierra Leone (25.1% in 2024) than in Eritrea (14.3% in 2020), a difference of 10.8 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Eritrea (0.22 tonnes) are 29% higher than in Sierra Leone (0.17 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Sierra Leone (34%) than in Eritrea (12%), a difference of 22 percentage points in 2024.