Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex was 0.2045 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.2045
Change on year
down 2.2%
World rank
12th
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.5672
in 1950
All-time low
0.2045
in 2023
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Sierra Leone, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 0.2045 for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and down 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.5672 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.2045, in 2023.
That places Sierra Leone 12th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.5672 | — |
| 1951 | 0.5627 | -0.8% |
| 1952 | 0.5578 | -0.9% |
| 1953 | 0.5531 | -0.8% |
| 1954 | 0.5487 | -0.8% |
| 1955 | 0.5437 | -0.9% |
| 1956 | 0.5389 | -0.9% |
| 1957 | 0.5338 | -0.9% |
| 1958 | 0.5289 | -0.9% |
| 1959 | 0.5241 | -0.9% |
| 1960 | 0.5178 | -1.2% |
| 1961 | 0.5119 | -1.1% |
| 1962 | 0.5063 | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 0.5007 | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 0.4946 | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 0.4883 | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 0.482 | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 0.4756 | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 0.4701 | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 0.4651 | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 0.4599 | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 0.454 | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.4486 | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.4429 | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.4369 | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.431 | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.4261 | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.4217 | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.4174 | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.4135 | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.41 | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.4071 | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.4044 | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.4024 | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.4009 | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.4005 | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.4004 | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.3977 | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.3969 | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.3966 | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.3962 | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.3975 | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.3954 | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.3947 | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.3979 | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.3973 | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.392 | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.3896 | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.3901 | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.3825 | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.3777 | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.3713 | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.3655 | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.3593 | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3519 | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 0.3437 | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.3317 | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3252 | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3179 | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.311 | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.3041 | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.2972 | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.2908 | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.2821 | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2796 | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.2686 | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 0.2549 | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 0.247 | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 0.2344 | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 0.2284 | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.2224 | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.2178 | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.2091 | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2045 | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.5459 | 0.5241 | 0.5672 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.4912 | 0.4651 | 0.5178 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4352 | 0.4135 | 0.4599 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4017 | 0.3966 | 0.41 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3933 | 0.3825 | 0.3979 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3455 | 0.311 | 0.3777 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2687 | 0.2284 | 0.3041 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2134 | 0.2045 | 0.2224 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 9 Benin 0.2208 compare
- 10 Mali 0.2162 compare
- 11 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.2063 compare
- 13 Burkina Faso 0.2019 compare
- 14 Togo 0.1966 compare
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 0.196 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Sierra Leone
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.79 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,470 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -25.13 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 6.33 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 6.3% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Sierra Leone?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Sierra Leone was 0.2045 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5672 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2045 in 2023.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex?
- Sierra Leone ranks 12th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.