Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Number of people without access to electricity, per capita was 0.608 people per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Sierra Leone, 2000–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per person.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 0.608 people per person for number of people without access to electricity, per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.7% on the previous year and down 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.923 people per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.608 people per person, in 2024.
Sierra Leone ranks 11th of 214 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | people per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.923 people per person | — |
| 2001 | 0.915 people per person | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.908 people per person | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.901 people per person | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.832 people per person | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 0.887 people per person | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 0.878 people per person | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.87 people per person | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.879 people per person | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.854 people per person | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 0.885 people per person | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.858 people per person | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.828 people per person | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 0.865 people per person | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 0.812 people per person | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 0.803 people per person | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.797 people per person | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.766 people per person | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 0.739 people per person | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 0.773 people per person | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 0.737 people per person | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 0.725 people per person | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.706 people per person | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.645 people per person | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 0.608 people per person | -5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8847 people per person | 0.832 people per person | 0.923 people per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8126 people per person | 0.739 people per person | 0.885 people per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6842 people per person | 0.608 people per person | 0.737 people per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 8 Burkina Faso 0.66 people per person compare
- 9 Liberia 0.651 people per person compare
- 10 Mozambique 0.631 people per person compare
- 12 Madagascar 0.575 people per person compare
- 13 Papua New Guinea 0.567 people per person compare
- 14 Guinea-Bissau 0.563 people per person compare
More energy & mining data for Sierra Leone
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 1.1% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Sierra Leone?
- Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Sierra Leone was 0.608 people per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 0.923 people per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.608 people per person in 2024.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for number of people without access to electricity, per capita?
- Sierra Leone ranks 11th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of people without access to electricity, per capita rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of people without access to electricity, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
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.
Number of people without access to electricity ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of people without access to electricity Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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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.