Statistical information Sierra Leone 1989Sierra%20Leone

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Background


Sierra Leone - Geography 1989
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Location

Geographic coordinates

Map reference

Area

Land boundaries:
958 km total
Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km


Coastline: 402 km

Maritime claims: Territorial sea:200 nm

Climate: tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December; winter dry season (December to April)

Terrain: coastal belt of mangrove swamps, wooded hill country, upland plateau, mountains in east

Elevation

Natural resources: diamonds, titanium ore, bauxite, iron ore, gold, chromite
Land use

Land use: 23% arable land; 2% permanent crops; 31% meadows and pastures; 29% forest and woodland; 15% other; includes NEGL% irrigated

Irrigated land

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


Sierra Leone - People 1989
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Population: 4,063,519 (July 1989), growth rate 2.5% (1989)

Nationality: noun - Sierra Leonean(s; adjective - Sierra Leonean

Ethnic groups: 99% native African (30% Temne, 30% Mende; 1% Creole, European, Lebanese, and Asian; 13 tribes

Languages: English (official; regular use limited to literate minority; principal vernaculars are Mende in south and Temne in north; Krio is the language of the resettled ex-slave population of the Freetown area and is lingua franca

Religions: 30% Muslim, 30% indigenous beliefs, 10% Christian, 30% other or none

Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate

Birth rate: 46 births/1000 population (1989)

Death rate: 21 deaths/1000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1000 population (1989)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: extensive mangrove swamps hinder access to sea; deforestation; soil degradation

Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 157 deaths/1000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 41 years male, 47 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 6.2 children born/woman (1989)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy: 15% (est.)

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


Sierra Leone - Government 1989
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Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Sierra Leone

Government type: republic under presidential regime since April 1971

Capital: Freetown

Administrative divisions: 4 provinces; Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western

Dependent areas

Independence: 27 April 1961 (from UK)

National holiday: Republic Day, 27 April (1961)

Constitution: 14 June 1978

Legal system: based on English law and customary laws indigenous to local tribes; highest court of appeal is the Sierra Leone Court of Appeals; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: universal over age 21

Executive branch

Legislative branch: Army, Navy

Judicial branch

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation: AfDB, AIOEC, CCC, Commonwealth, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBA, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDB - Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, IPU, IRC, ITU, Mano River Union, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO

Diplomatic representation
In the us: Ambassador George CAREW; Chancery at 1701 19th Street NW, Washington DC 20,009; telephone (202) 939-9,261; US - Ambassador Cynthia S. PERRY; Embassy at the corner of Walpole and Siaka Stevens Street, Freetown; telephone 26,481

Flag descriptionflag of Sierra%20Leone: three equal horizontal bands of light green (top), white, and light blue

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


Sierra Leone - Economy 1989
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Economy overview: The economic and social infrastructure is not well developed. Subsistence agriculture dominates the economy, generating about one-third of GDP and employing about two-thirds of the working population. Manufacturing accounts for less than 10% of GDP, consisting mainly of the processing of raw materials and of light manufacturing for the domestic market. Diamond mining provides an important source of hard currency. The economy suffers from high unemployment, rising inflation, large trade deficits, and a growing dependency on foreign assistance.

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate

Real gdp per capita

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products: palm kernels, coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, millet, ginger, cassava; much of cultivated land devoted to subsistence farming; food crops insufficient for domestic consumption

Industries: mining (diamonds, bauxite, rutile), small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, cigarettes, footwear), petroleum refinery

Industrial production growth rate: 13.4% (FY87)

Labor force:
1,500,000; 65% agriculture, 19%
industry, 16%
services (1981; only about 65,000 earn wages (1985; 55% of population of working age

Labor force

Unemployment rate: 12% (1987)

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $98.5 million; expenditures $181.6 million, including capital expenditures of $45.4 million (FY87)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June

Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $129 million (f.o.b., 1987)
Commodities: diamonds 20%, cocoa 20%, rutile 21%, bauxite 17%, coffee
Partners: US, UK, Netherlands, FRG, other West Europe

Imports: $137 million (c.i.f., 1987)
Commodities: capital goods 40%, food 32%, petroleum 15%, consumer goods 7%, light industrial goods
Partners: US, EC, Japan, China

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external: $895 million (1988)

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: leones per US$1 - 39.0625 (December 1988), 31.2500 (1988), 30.7692 (1987), 8.3963 (1986), 4.7304 (1985)


Sierra Leone - Energy 1989
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Electricity
Capacity: 65,000 kW capacity; 116 million kWh produced, 30 kWh per capita (1988)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


Sierra Leone - Communication 1989
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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


Sierra Leone - Military 1989
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Military expenditures
Dollar figure: $6.7 million, 9.6% of central government budget (FY86)

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


Sierra Leone - Transportation 1989
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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 12 total, 9 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways: 800 km; 600 km navigable year round

Merchant marine

Ports and terminals


Sierra Leone - Transnational issues 1989
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Disputes international

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs


World Nomads


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