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🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
Africa · 3 rankings that exist only inside Sierra Leone — its states, cities, universities and more.
👥 Population8.8M#100 of 215💰 GDP$7.5B#150 of 185💎 GDP per capita$846#177 of 185❤️ Life expectancy62.0 yrs#204 of 215🗺️ Area72,180#116 of 214
Rankings inside Sierra Leone
🎓 Education
🌍 Society & Health
🎓 Top Research Universities in Sierra Leone
Universities and colleges in Sierra Leone ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).
1
University of Sierra Leone2,521 papers
71,429
2
Njala University1,824 papers
31,426
3
University of Makeni272 papers
7,317
4
Eastern Technical University of Sierra Leone207 papers
6,685
5
University of Management and Technology95 papers
309
6
Freetown Polytechnic31 papers
21
Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.
Sierra Leone in world rankings
⛏️ Energy & Industry
Most Mineral-Dependent Economies
- 61 Sierra Leone0.2%
🗺️ World Records
Largest Countries by Land Area
- 116 Sierra Leone72,180
⚡ Energy & Industry
Largest Electricity Producers
- 191 Sierra Leone0 TWh
❤️ Society & Health
Life Expectancy at Birth
- 204 Sierra Leone62.0 yrs