1. Sierra Leone: Statistical overview
• Population 6.092m
• Life expectancy (yrs) 46
• GDP (current US$) $4.136 billion
• GDP growth (annual %) 6%
• GNI per capita, Atlas method (current
US$) $660
• Industry, value added (% of GDP) 8%
• Services, etc., value added (% of GDP)
33%
• Exports of goods and services (% of GD
P) 53%
• Imports of goods and services (% of GD
P) 54%
• Gross capital formation (% of GDP) 15%
• Time required to start a business (days)
12
• Domestic credit provided by financial s
ector (% of GDP) 15%
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 p
eople) 66
• Internet users (per 100 people) 2
• Personal remittances, received (current
US$) $67,618,450
• FDI, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
$144,089,846
• Net ODA and official aid received (curre
nt US$) $443,730,000
• Total emigrant population in OECD
countries (2005/06) 55,300, low-
educated 27.6%, highly-educated
32.4%, top three destinations: USA, UK,
Netherlands [Source: OECD]
• Youth unemployment rate ~over 60%