Sierra Leone

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP10.87[PPP 2011$ billions]

GDP per capita1421.47[$]

Population7.65[millions]

Urbanization42.92[%]

Land Area73068.61[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

Component	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change
EPI	177	25.7	0.7
Health	166	19.1	0.9
Air Quality	149	25.1	-1.9
PM2.5	101	37.3	-5.1
Household solid fuels	168	7	3.5
Ozone	117	36.9	-9.2
Sanitation & Drinking Water	164	11.5	4.1
Sanitation	164	11.7	4.2
Drinking water	164	11.4	4
Heavy Metals	130	37.4	3.4
Lead	130	37.4	3.4
Waste Management	133	-	-
Solid waste	133	-	-
Ecosystem Vitality	171	30.2	0.7
Biodiversity	115	52.9	7.1
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l)	116	54.5	10.9
Terrestrial biomes (global)	67	92.9	21.8
Marine protected areas	72	6	1.6
Protected Areas Rep. Ind.	130	14.8	5.3
Species Habitat Index	111	77.9	-19.1
Species Protection Index	80	80.9	19.3
Biodiversity Habitat Index	116	48.8	-2.8
Ecosystem Services	173	9.6	-24.4
Tree cover loss	166	3.8	-31.5
Grassland loss	60	63.6	33.5
Wetland loss	63	58.7	45
Fisheries	23	18.7	-7.3
Fish Stock Status	5	31.1	-14.5
Marine Trophic Index	112	6.4	-
Fish caught by trawling	-	-	-
Climate Change	167	24.9	4.3
CO2 growth rate	166	7.9	-12.4
CH4 growth rate	168	26.4	26.4
F-gas growth rate	78	89.4	76.3
N2O growth rate	168	14.9	14.9
Black Carbon growth rate	92	52.8	-11.5
CO2 from land cover	159	-	-
GHG intensity trend	130	36.4	-12.4
GHG per capita	9	99.3	-0.7
Pollution Emissions	140	40.1	-5
SO2 growth rate	127	49.3	0.4
NOx growth rate	144	30.9	-10.5
Agriculture	71	42.7	11.1
Sustainable N Mgmt Index	71	42.7	11.1
Water Resources	134	-	-
Wastewater treatment	134	-	-

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

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EPI Report Year:

2020

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