Area Database (v4.4)

Wealth, Poverty, Assets
% poor households (with IWI value under 70)
Subnational regions
Sierra Leone
All years

% poor households (with IWI value under 70)

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 2022 2023
Sierra Leone (Africa)  
Total 97.7 97.5 97.3 97.2 97.0 96.8 96.6 96.4 96.3 95.4 94.5 93.7 92.8 93.6 94.4 95.2 96.0 96.8
Bo 98.4 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.6 98.6 98.6 97.6 96.5 95.4 94.4 95.2 96.0 96.7 97.5 98.3
Bombali 99.9 99.8 99.7 99.6 99.3 99.0 98.7 98.4 98.1 97.4 96.7 95.9 95.2 96.2 97.2 98.1 99.0 99.9
Bonthe 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.6 99.5 99.4 99.3 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.5 99.5
Kailahun 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.7 99.6 99.5
Kambia 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.7 99.5 99.3 99.1 99.2 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.7
Kenema 98.9 98.8 98.7 98.5 98.4 98.2 98.1 97.9 97.8 97.3 96.7 96.2 95.7 95.8 95.9 96.0 96.2 96.3
Koinadugu 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 100.0 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.7 99.6 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.6 99.6 99.6
Kono 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.3 99.0 98.7 98.5 98.6 98.8 99.0 99.2 99.3
Moyamba 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99.9 99.8 99.7 99.6 99.5 99.3 99.1 99.0 98.8
Port Loko 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 98.8 97.8 96.8 95.9 95.9 95.9 95.9 95.9 95.9
Pujehun 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 99.9 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.6 99.7 99.7 99.8 99.9 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.6 99.6
Tonkolili 99.9 99.9 99.9 100.0 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.4 99.2 98.9 98.6 98.3
Western Rural 94.0 93.7 93.5 93.2 93.0 92.7 92.5 92.2 92.0 92.1 92.2 92.3 92.4 91.6 90.9 90.1 89.3 88.6
Western Urban 89.8 88.6 87.3 86.1 84.8 83.5 82.3 81.0 79.8 78.2 76.6 75.1 73.5 76.0 78.4 80.9 83.4 85.8
Lighter numbers are estimates