Guinea-Bissau vs Sierra Leone: Number of people without access to electricity, per capita
Guinea-Bissau
0.563 people per person
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.608 people per person
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
14th
Sierra Leone rank
11th
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.608 people per person against 0.563 people per person in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.045 people per person.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 14th and Sierra Leone ranks 11th of 214 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9383 people per person | 0.8761 people per person | 0.0621 people per person | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 0.8038 people per person | 0.8126 people per person | 0.0088 people per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.6184 people per person | 0.6842 people per person | 0.0658 people per person | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people without access to electricity, per capita, Guinea-Bissau or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.608 people per person against 0.563 people per person in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of people without access to electricity, per capita between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone?
- 0.045 people per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2024.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of people without access to electricity, per capita?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 14th and Sierra Leone ranks 11th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people without access to electricity, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people without access to electricity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.