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Liberia vs Sierra Leone

104 shared metrics.

LiberiaLeads in 56

vs104 shared

Sierra LeoneLeads in 48

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

Short real-world notes so the comparison reads like more than a stat strip.

Liberia

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Liberia.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: name derives from the Latin word liber, meaning "free.

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Sierra Leone

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Sierra Leone.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: Portuguese explorer Pedro de SINTRA is usually credited with naming the country "Serra da Leao" (Lion Mountains) in 1462, but Venetian explorer Alvise CA' D…

CIA 2026

Analysis

Liberia leads in 56 of 104 shared metrics, while Sierra Leone leads in 48.

Liberia's Spirits Consumption is 39.2x that of Sierra Leone (1.8 L/person/yr vs 0.04 L/person/yr).

Liberia's Alcohol Consumption is 8.9x that of Sierra Leone (2.9 L/adult/yr vs 0.29 L/adult/yr).

Liberia's Merchant Fleet Size is 7.3x that of Sierra Leone (4.8K vs 584).

Liberia's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 5.6x that of Sierra Leone (315.79 gCO2/kWh vs 47.62 gCO2/kWh).

Liberia's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 3.0x that of Sierra Leone (15.63% of GDP vs 3.9% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Spirits ConsumptionLiberia leads

Liberia

1.8 L/person/yr

Sierra Leone

0.04 L/person/yr

Alcohol ConsumptionLiberia leads

Liberia

2.9 L/adult/yr

Sierra Leone

0.29 L/adult/yr

Merchant Fleet SizeLiberia leads

Liberia

4.8K

Sierra Leone

584

Electricity Carbon IntensityLiberia leads

Liberia

315.79 gCO2/kWh

Sierra Leone

47.62 gCO2/kWh

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Liberia leads

Liberia

15.63% of GDP

Sierra Leone

3.9% of GDP

Forest AreaLiberia leads

Liberia

75.3K km²

Sierra Leone

24.8K km²

All Metrics

Spirits Consumption

Liberia

1.8 L/person/yr

Sierra Leone

0.04 L/person/yr

3919% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Liberia

2.9 L/adult/yr

Sierra Leone

0.29 L/adult/yr

886% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Liberia

4.8K

Sierra Leone

584

726% higher

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Liberia

315.79 gCO2/kWh

Sierra Leone

47.62 gCO2/kWh

563% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Liberia

15.63% of GDP

Sierra Leone

3.9% of GDP

298% higher

Forest Area

Liberia

75.3K km²

Sierra Leone

24.8K km²

204% higher

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Liberia

3.9 per 100k

Sierra Leone

1.3 per 100k

191% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Liberia

$99.65

Sierra Leone

$39.32

153% higher

Obesity Rate

Liberia

16.21%

Sierra Leone

6.5%

150% higher

Airports

Liberia

Sierra Leone

8.0

138% higher

Forest Coverage (%)

Liberia

78.14%

Sierra Leone

34.3%

128% higher

Beer Consumption

Liberia

0.34 L/person/yr

Sierra Leone

0.15 L/person/yr

125% higher

Meat Consumption per Person

Liberia

18.27 kg/person/yr

Sierra Leone

8.2 kg/person/yr

122% higher

Irrigated Land

Sierra Leone

Liberia

30 km²

Sierra Leone

300 km²

90% lower

Electricity Generation

Liberia

0.39 TWh

Sierra Leone

0.21 TWh

86% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Sierra Leone

Liberia

4.3 kg/person/yr

Sierra Leone

24.7 kg/person/yr

83% lower

Solar Electricity Share

Sierra Leone

Liberia

1.8%

Sierra Leone

9.5%

82% lower

Armed Forces Personnel

Sierra Leone

Liberia

2.0K

Sierra Leone

9.0K

78% lower

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Sierra Leone

Liberia

0.11 per 100k people

Sierra Leone

0.49 per 100k people

78% lower

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Inflation Rate

Sierra Leone

Liberia

8.2%

Sierra Leone

28.6%

71% lower

Comparison of Liberia and Sierra Leone across 104 metrics
				Winner
Spirits Consumption	1.8 L/person/yr	0.04 L/person/yr	3919% higher	Liberia
Alcohol Consumption	2.9 L/adult/yr	0.29 L/adult/yr	886% higher	Liberia
Merchant Fleet Size	4.8K	584	726% higher	Liberia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	315.79 gCO2/kWh	47.62 gCO2/kWh	563% higher	Liberia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	15.63% of GDP	3.9% of GDP	298% higher	Liberia
Forest Area	75.3K km²	24.8K km²	204% higher	Liberia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	3.9 per 100k	1.3 per 100k	191% higher	Liberia
Health Spending Per Capita	$99.65	$39.32	153% higher	Liberia
Obesity Rate	16.21%	6.5%	150% higher	Liberia
Airports	19	8.0	138% higher	Liberia
Forest Coverage (%)	78.14%	34.3%	128% higher	Liberia
Beer Consumption	0.34 L/person/yr	0.15 L/person/yr	125% higher	Liberia
Meat Consumption per Person	18.27 kg/person/yr	8.2 kg/person/yr	122% higher	Liberia
Irrigated Land	30 km²	300 km²	90% lower	Sierra Leone
Electricity Generation	0.39 TWh	0.21 TWh	86% higher	Liberia
Seafood Consumption per Person	4.3 kg/person/yr	24.7 kg/person/yr	83% lower	Sierra Leone
Solar Electricity Share	1.8%	9.5%	82% lower	Sierra Leone
Armed Forces Personnel	2.0K	9.0K	78% lower	Sierra Leone
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.11 per 100k people	0.49 per 100k people	78% lower	Sierra Leone
Inflation Rate	8.2%	28.6%	71% lower	Sierra Leone
Scientific Publications	25.91	86.77	70% lower	Sierra Leone
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	32 per 100 people	108 per 100 people	70% lower	Sierra Leone
Health Spending (% GDP)	13.47% of GDP	7.9% of GDP	70% higher	Liberia
Insufficient Physical Activity	22.24% of adults	13.14% of adults	69% higher	Liberia
Protected Land (%)	4.0%	12.6%	68% lower	Sierra Leone
Firms with Female Top Manager	21.48% of firms	12.96% of firms	66% higher	Liberia
Agricultural Land (%)	19.97%	54.71%	64% lower	Sierra Leone
Women in Parliament (%)	10.96%	29.53%	63% lower	Sierra Leone
Milk Consumption per Person	3.0 kg/person/yr	7.0 kg/person/yr	57% lower	Sierra Leone
Political Corruption Index	0.88	0.57	54% higher	Liberia
Military Spending	0.71% of GDP	0.46% of GDP	54% higher	Liberia
Land Border Length	1.7K km	1.1K km	53% higher	Liberia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	5.2% of adults	10.8% of adults	52% lower	Sierra Leone
Population Density	57.03 /km²	117.21 /km²	51% lower	Sierra Leone
Official Languages Count	1.0	2.0	50% lower	Sierra Leone
Border Neighbors	3.0	2.0	50% higher	Liberia
Credit Card Ownership	1.6% of adults	1.1% of adults	49% higher	Liberia
Mobile Money Accounts	47.53% of adults	32.2% of adults	48% higher	Liberia
Government Debt (% GDP)	28.3% of GDP	54.9% of GDP	48% lower	Sierra Leone
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	int. $1,981.09	int. $3,716.89	47% lower	Sierra Leone
Water Stress (%)	0.07%	0.13%	45% lower	Sierra Leone
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	18 days/yr	44% lower	Sierra Leone
Coastline Length	579 km	402 km	44% higher	Liberia
Total CO2 Emissions	0.87 Mt CO2e	1.5 Mt CO2e	41% lower	Sierra Leone
Population	5.56M	9.33M	40% lower	Sierra Leone
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.18 per 1k	0.13 per 1k	38% higher	Liberia
Youth Unemployment Rate	2.3% of youth labor force	3.7% of youth labor force	38% lower	Sierra Leone
Digital Payments Used	50.19% of adults	36.73% of adults	37% higher	Liberia
Smoking Rate	8.2%	12.9%	36% lower	Sierra Leone
Teen Birth Rate	126.01 per 1k	93.59 per 1k	35% higher	Liberia
Firms Making Informal Payments	16.02% of firms	24.14% of firms	34% lower	Sierra Leone
Electric Generating Capacity	199.0K kW	149.0K kW	34% higher	Liberia
Land Area	96.3K km²	72.2K km²	33% higher	Liberia
Life Evaluation Score	4.3 pts	3.3 pts	32% higher	Liberia
Water Withdrawal	0.15 B m³	0.21 B m³	31% lower	Sierra Leone
GDP (Nominal)	$4,779,300,900	$6,971,127,235.31	31% lower	Sierra Leone
Renewable Energy (%)	92.8%	71.6%	30% higher	Liberia
Nurses & Midwives	0.79 per 1k	1.1 per 1k	29% lower	Sierra Leone
Electoral Democracy Index	0.60	0.47	27% higher	Liberia
Highest Elevation	1.4K m	1.9K m	26% lower	Sierra Leone
Child Mortality	72.9 per 1k births	94.3 per 1k births	23% lower	Sierra Leone
Urban Population (%)	55.54%	45.36%	22% higher	Liberia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.42	0.35	20% higher	Liberia
Corruption Perceptions Index	28 pts	34 pts	18% lower	Sierra Leone
Average Weekly Work Hours	47.64 hrs/week	41.15 hrs/week	16% higher	Liberia
Firms Asked for Bribes	20.58% of firms	17.96% of firms	15% higher	Liberia
Women in Senior Management	26.06% of managers	22.57% of managers	15% higher	Liberia
Internet Users (%)	24%	21%	14% higher	Liberia
Education Spending (% GDP)	2.3% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	14% lower	Sierra Leone
Road Traffic Death Rate	15.3 per 100k	13.8 per 100k	11% higher	Liberia
Human Development Index	0.51	0.47	9% higher	Liberia
Fertility Rate	3.8 children/woman	3.5 children/woman	9% higher	Liberia
Electricity Access (%)	32.5%	35.5%	8% lower	Sierra Leone
Unemployment Rate	2.9%	3.1%	8% lower	Sierra Leone
CO2 Per Capita	0.15 t/person/yr	0.17 t/person/yr	8% lower	Sierra Leone
Can Raise Emergency Money	95.76% of adults	88.48% of adults	8% higher	Liberia
GNI Per Capita	$760	$820	7% lower	Sierra Leone
Death Rate	8.2 per 1k	8.8 per 1k	7% lower	Sierra Leone
Dependency Ratio	74.93% of working-age pop.	70.45% of working-age pop.	6% higher	Liberia
Sanitation Access (%)	23.34%	24.91%	6% lower	Sierra Leone
Birth Rate	31.72 per 1k	30.04 per 1k	6% higher	Liberia
Infant Mortality	52.6 per 1k births	56.2 per 1k births	6% lower	Sierra Leone
GDP Growth Rate	4.0%	4.3%	6% lower	Sierra Leone
Median Age	18.4 years	19.3 years	5% lower	Sierra Leone
Informal Employment Share	89.35% of employed people	94.47% of employed people	5% lower	Sierra Leone
Youth Population (%)	39.53%	38.09%	4% higher	Liberia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.82	0.80	3% higher	Liberia
Suicide Rate	6.0 per 100k	6.1 per 100k	3% lower	Sierra Leone
Firms Hit by Power Outages	64.48% of firms	66.22% of firms	3% lower	Sierra Leone
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	42.36 µg/m³	43.22 µg/m³	2% lower	Sierra Leone
Elderly Population (%)	3.3%	3.2%	2% higher	Liberia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.84	0.82	2% higher	Liberia
Hypertension Prevalence	41.2% of adults	41.8% of adults	1% lower	Sierra Leone
Life Expectancy	62.2 years	61.8 years	1% higher	Liberia
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Liberia
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Liberia
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Liberia
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	equal	Liberia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.36 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Liberia
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Liberia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-6.3% of GDP	-5.1% of GDP	ranked lower	Sierra Leone
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	1.0 sites	ranked lower	Sierra Leone
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Liberia
Food Waste per Person	132.75 kg/person/yr	132.88 kg/person/yr	equal	Sierra Leone

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Analysis

Liberia leads in 56 of 104 shared metrics, while Sierra Leone leads in 48.

Liberia's Spirits Consumption is 39.2x that of Sierra Leone (1.8 L/person/yr vs 0.04 L/person/yr).

Liberia's Alcohol Consumption is 8.9x that of Sierra Leone (2.9 L/adult/yr vs 0.29 L/adult/yr).

Liberia's Merchant Fleet Size is 7.3x that of Sierra Leone (4.8K vs 584).

Liberia's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 5.6x that of Sierra Leone (315.79 gCO2/kWh vs 47.62 gCO2/kWh).

Liberia's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 3.0x that of Sierra Leone (15.63% of GDP vs 3.9% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Spirits ConsumptionLiberia leads

Liberia

1.8 L/person/yr

Sierra Leone

0.04 L/person/yr

Alcohol ConsumptionLiberia leads

Liberia

2.9 L/adult/yr

Sierra Leone

0.29 L/adult/yr

Merchant Fleet SizeLiberia leads

Liberia

4.8K

Sierra Leone

584

Electricity Carbon IntensityLiberia leads

Liberia

315.79 gCO2/kWh

Sierra Leone

47.62 gCO2/kWh

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Liberia leads

Liberia

15.63% of GDP

Sierra Leone

3.9% of GDP

Forest AreaLiberia leads

Liberia

75.3K km²

Sierra Leone

24.8K km²

Spirits Consumption

1.8 L/person/yr

0.04 L/person/yr

Alcohol Consumption

2.9 L/adult/yr

0.29 L/adult/yr

Merchant Fleet Size

4.8K

584

Electricity Carbon Intensity

315.79 gCO2/kWh

47.62 gCO2/kWh

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

15.63% of GDP

3.9% of GDP

Forest Area

75.3K km²

24.8K km²

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

3.9 per 100k

1.3 per 100k

Health Spending Per Capita

$99.65

$39.32

Obesity Rate

16.21%

6.5%

Airports

8.0

Forest Coverage (%)

78.14%

34.3%

Beer Consumption

0.34 L/person/yr

0.15 L/person/yr

Meat Consumption per Person

18.27 kg/person/yr

8.2 kg/person/yr

Irrigated Land

30 km²

300 km²

Electricity Generation

0.39 TWh

0.21 TWh

Seafood Consumption per Person

4.3 kg/person/yr

24.7 kg/person/yr

Solar Electricity Share

1.8%

9.5%

Armed Forces Personnel

2.0K

9.0K

0.11 per 100k people

0.49 per 100k people

Inflation Rate

8.2%

28.6%

Liberia vs Sierra Leone

What matters for both sides

Liberia

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Spirits Consumption

Alcohol Consumption

Merchant Fleet Size

Electricity Carbon Intensity

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Forest Area

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Health Spending Per Capita

Obesity Rate

Airports

Forest Coverage (%)

Beer Consumption

Meat Consumption per Person

Irrigated Land

Electricity Generation

Seafood Consumption per Person

Solar Electricity Share

Armed Forces Personnel

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Inflation Rate

Scientific Publications

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Protected Land (%)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Agricultural Land (%)

Women in Parliament (%)

Milk Consumption per Person

Political Corruption Index

Military Spending

Land Border Length

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Population Density

Official Languages Count

Border Neighbors

Credit Card Ownership

Mobile Money Accounts

Government Debt (% GDP)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Water Stress (%)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Coastline Length

Total CO2 Emissions

Population

Doctors (per 1,000)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Digital Payments Used

Smoking Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Firms Making Informal Payments

Electric Generating Capacity

Land Area

Life Evaluation Score

Water Withdrawal

GDP (Nominal)

Renewable Energy (%)

Nurses & Midwives

Electoral Democracy Index

Highest Elevation

Child Mortality

Urban Population (%)

Liberal Democracy Index

Corruption Perceptions Index

Average Weekly Work Hours

Firms Asked for Bribes

Women in Senior Management

Internet Users (%)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Human Development Index

Fertility Rate

Electricity Access (%)