🇸🇱 Sierra Leone Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇸🇱 Sierra Leone SL / SLE #117

Nomad Score 41.0

Cities 5

Region African Union, Africa, Africa, Western Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency SLE

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 34/100

Press Freedom (2025) 66.4/100 #56

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.471

HDI 0.467

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 37th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 22th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 31th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 12th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 14th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 39th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2020) 2.2/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 33.0/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.5% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Presidential system

Title	Name
President of Sierra Leone	Julius Maada Bio
Vice-President of Sierra Leone	Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 34 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 66.4 / 100

Global Rank #56 / 180

Rank Change +8 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #55 56.5

Economic #70 46.0

Legal #56 69.0

Social #45 75.2

Safety #71 85.2

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.471

Liberal 0.348

Participatory 0.307

Deliberative 0.433

Egalitarian 0.336

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	66.4	56	56.5	46.0	69.0	75.2	85.2
2024	64.3	64	54.6	43.6	69.2	72.6	81.4
2023	62.6	74	65.5	47.9	65.9	72.2	61.3
2022	71.0	46	73.7	50.4	78.4	77.5	75.1
2021	70.4	75	-	-	-	-	82.1
2020	69.7	85	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	69.6	86	-	-	-	-	49.3
2018	70.0	79	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	69.3	85	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	70.1	83	-	-	-	-	93.1
2015	71.5	79	-	-	-	-	70.6
2014	71.8	72	-	-	-	-	-
2013	73.7	61	-	-	-	-	-
2012	21.0	64	-	-	-	-	-
2010	24.3	91	-	-	-	-	-
2009	34.0	115	-	-	-	-	-
2008	27.8	114	-	-	-	-	-
2007	39.5	121	-	-	-	-	-
2006	26.0	104	-	-	-	-	-
2005	39.5	126	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index