Statistical information Sierra Leone 1993Sierra%20Leone

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Background


Sierra Leone - Geography 1993
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Location:
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean between
Guinea and Liberia


Geographic coordinates

Map referenceAfrica, Standard Time Zones of the World

Area
Total: 71,740 km²
Land: 71,620 km²

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

Coastline: 402 km
Territorial sea: 200 nm

Maritime claims

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
Arable land: 25%
Permanent crops: 2%
Meadows and pastures: 31%
Forest and woodland: 29%
Other: 13%

Irrigated land: 340 km² (1989 est.)

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


Sierra Leone - People 1993
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Population: 4,510,571 (July 1993 est.)
Growth rate: 2.61% (1993 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Sierra Leonean(s)
Adjective: Sierra Leonean

Ethnic groups: 13 native African tribes 99% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 39%), Creole, European, Lebanese, and Asian 1%

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


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

Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate: 2.61% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 45.47 births/1000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 19.39 deaths/1000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1000 population (1993 est.)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

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

Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 145 deaths/1000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 45.87 years
Male: 43.1 years
Female: 48.71 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.01 children born/woman (1993 est.)

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:
age 15 and over can read and write English, Merde, Temne, or
Arabic (1990)

Total population: 21%
Male: 31%
Female: 11%

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


Sierra Leone - Government 1993
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Country name: conventional short form: Sierra Leone

Government type: military government

Capital: Freetown

Administrative divisions:
3 provinces and 1 area*; Eastern, Northern,
Southern, Western*


Dependent areas

Independence: 27 April 1961 (from UK)

National holiday: Republic Day, 27 April (1961)

Constitution: 1 October 1991; amended September 1991

Legal system: based on English law and customary laws indigenous to local tribes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: National Provisional Ruling Council

Legislative branch: unicameral House of Representatives (suspended after coup of 29 April 1992)

Judicial branch: Supreme Court (suspended after coup of 29 April 1992)

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation:
ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS,
NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO


Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: (vacant)
In the us chancery: 1701 19th Street NW, Washington, DC 20,009
In the us telephone: (202) 939-9,261
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador Lauralee M. PETERS
From the us embassy: Walpole and Siaka Stevens Street, Freetown
From the us telephone: 232 (22) 226-481
From the us fax: 232 (22) 225-471

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National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


Sierra Leone - Economy 1993
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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, which accounts for roughly 10% of GDP, consists 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. The government in 1990 was attempting to get the budget deficit under control and, in general, to bring economic policy in line with the recommendations of the IMF and the World Bank. Since March 1991, however, military incursions by Liberian rebels in southern and eastern Sierra Leone have severely strained the economy and have undermined efforts to institute economic reforms.

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate: -1% (FY92 est.)

Real gdp per capita: $330 (FY92 est.)

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products

Industries: mining (diamonds, bauxite, rutile), small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, cigarettes, footwear), petroleum refinery force; largely subsistence farming; cash crops - coffee, cocoa, palm kernels; harvests of food staple rice meets 80% of domestic needs; annual fish catch averages 53,000 metric tons

Industrial production growth rate: growth rate NA%

Labor force: 1.369 million (1981 est.)
By occupation agriculture: 65%
By occupation industry: 19%
By occupation services:
16% (1981est.)
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Labor force

Unemployment rate: NA%

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $68 million; expenditures $118 million, including capital expenditures of $28 million (FY92 est.)

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: $75 million (f.o.b., FY92 est.)
Commodoties: rutile 50%, bauxite 17%, cocoa 11%, diamonds 3%, coffee 3%
Partners: US, UK, Belgium, Germany, other Western Europe

Imports: $62 million (c.i.f., FY92 est.)
Commodoties: capital goods 40%, food 32%, petroleum 12%, consumer goods 7%, light industrial goods
Partners: US, EC countries, Japan, China, Nigeria

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: leones (Le) per US$1 - 552.43 (January 1993), 499.44 (1992), 295.34 (1991), 144.9275 (1990), 58.1395 (1989), 31.2500 (1988)


Sierra Leone - Energy 1993
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Electricity
Production: 85,000 kW capacity; 185 million kWh produced, 45 kWh per capita (1991)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


Sierra Leone - Communication 1993
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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


Sierra Leone - Military 1993
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Military expenditures
Percent of gdp: exchange rate conversion - $6 million, 0.7% of GDP (1988 est.)

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


Sierra Leone - Transportation 1993
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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 11
Usable: 7
With permanentsurface runways: 4
With runways over 3659 m: 0
With runways 2440-3659 m: 1
With runways 1220-2439 m: 3

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways: 800 km; 600 km navigable year round

Merchant marine: 1 cargo ship totaling 5,592 GRT/9,107 DWT

Ports and terminals


Sierra Leone - Transnational issues 1993
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Disputes international: none

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs


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