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2024
global knowledge index
Sierra Leone
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):14.633
- Population:8,460,512
- HDI:0.458
126/141
Gki
Score
33.7
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Sierra Leone is a weak performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 126th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 9th out of the 23 countries with low human development.
Areas of Strength
- Government expenditure on primary education (% GDP)
- Firms constrained with inadequately educated workforce (%)
- Female-to-male labour force participation
- Teaching staff compensation (% tertiary expenditure)
- Proportion of skilled production workers
Areas of Improvement
- Gross attendance ratio for tertiary education, wealth parity
- State of cluster development
- Growth of innovative companies
- Domestic credit to private sector (% GDP)
- Industry and services value added (% GDP)
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
116
43.21
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
133
35.93
Higher
Education
17
59.65
Research, Development
and Innovation
123
20.57
Information and
Communications Technology
134
21.94
Economy
139
32.14
Enabling
Environment
128
38.89
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GKI Pillars
