Area Database (v4.2.1)

Wealth, Poverty, Assets
% poorest households (with IWI value under 35)
Subnational regions
Sierra Leone
All years

% poorest households (with IWI value under 35)

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sierra Leone (Africa)  
Total 83.6 82.9 82.2 81.5 80.7 80.0 79.3 78.6 77.9 75.2 72.4 69.7 67.0 66.0 64.9 63.8 62.8
Bo 89.3 88.1 86.9 85.7 84.5 83.3 82.2 81.0 79.8 77.6 75.5 73.4 71.2 70.6 69.9 69.2 68.5
Bombali 91.2 89.8 88.5 87.1 85.7 84.4 83.0 81.7 80.3 77.0 73.6 70.3 67.0 69.2 71.4 73.6 75.8
Bonthe 92.4 92.6 92.8 93.0 93.2 93.4 93.6 93.8 94.0 92.0 89.9 87.9 85.8 84.5 83.2 81.9 80.6
Kailahun 96.0 95.8 95.6 95.4 95.2 95.0 94.8 94.6 94.4 93.2 91.9 90.7 89.5 88.0 86.6 85.2 83.8
Kambia 97.0 96.1 95.2 94.3 93.4 92.5 91.7 90.8 89.9 89.4 88.9 88.4 87.9 79.5 71.1 62.7 54.3
Kenema 90.4 88.9 87.3 85.7 84.1 82.6 81.0 79.4 77.8 75.7 73.5 71.3 69.1 70.5 71.9 73.3 74.7
Koinadugu 92.8 92.8 92.9 92.9 92.9 92.9 93.0 93.0 93.0 91.8 90.6 89.4 88.2 84.6 81.1 77.5 74.0
Kono 98.4 97.2 96.0 94.8 93.6 92.4 91.3 90.1 88.9 87.0 85.1 83.2 81.3 79.8 78.3 76.9 75.4
Moyamba 99.4 98.8 98.2 97.6 97.0 96.4 95.8 95.2 94.6 93.4 92.1 90.9 89.6 89.4 89.2 88.9 88.7
Port Loko 91.6 91.4 91.3 91.2 91.0 90.9 90.8 90.6 90.5 86.5 82.5 78.5 74.5 74.9 75.2 75.5 75.9
Pujehun 99.9 99.0 98.1 97.3 95.9 94.6 93.3 92.0 90.6 90.3 89.9 89.5 89.2 89.1 89.0 88.9 88.8
Tonkolili 99.9 99.2 98.4 97.7 96.2 94.7 93.2 91.7 90.2 90.9 91.7 92.4 93.1 89.6 86.1 82.6 79.1
Western Rural 64.1 64.1 64.0 64.0 63.9 63.9 63.8 63.8 63.7 61.8 59.8 57.9 55.9 50.7 45.5 40.4 35.2
Western Urban 38.7 36.9 35.1 33.3 31.5 29.7 27.9 26.0 24.2 22.7 21.1 19.5 17.9 13.7 9.45 6.30 3.16
Lighter numbers are estimates