Papua New Guinea vs Sierra Leone: People without electricity country, per capita

Papua New Guinea
0.567 units per person
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.608 units per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
13th
Sierra Leone rank
11th

People without electricity country, per capita over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.608 units per person against 0.567 units per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.041 units per person.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 13th and Sierra Leone ranks 11th of 214 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
2000s 0.8607 units per person 0.8847 units per person 0.024 units per person Sierra Leone
2010s 0.8185 units per person 0.8126 units per person 0.0059 units per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.7516 units per person 0.6842 units per person 0.0674 units per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher people without electricity country, per capita, Papua New Guinea or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 0.608 units per person against 0.567 units per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in people without electricity country, per capita between Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?
0.041 units per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for people without electricity country, per capita?
Papua New Guinea ranks 13th and Sierra Leone ranks 11th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as People without electricity country, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
People without electricity country, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

People without electricity country divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.