Guinea-Bissau vs Sierra Leone: Rural population, per capita
Guinea-Bissau
0.5335 units per person
in 2025
Sierra Leone
0.5407 units per person
in 2025
Guinea-Bissau rank
60th
Sierra Leone rank
59th
Rural population, per capita over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.5407 units per person against 0.5335 units per person in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.0072 units per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 60th and Sierra Leone ranks 59th of 216 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8574 units per person | 0.7978 units per person | 0.0596 units per person | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1970s | 0.8432 units per person | 0.7267 units per person | 0.1165 units per person | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1980s | 0.7642 units per person | 0.6815 units per person | 0.0827 units per person | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 0.6549 units per person | 0.656 units per person | 0.0012 units per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 0.6176 units per person | 0.6322 units per person | 0.0146 units per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.5806 units per person | 0.594 units per person | 0.0134 units per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.5457 units per person | 0.5545 units per person | 0.0087 units per person | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rural population, per capita, Guinea-Bissau or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.5407 units per person against 0.5335 units per person in Guinea-Bissau as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rural population, per capita between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0072 units per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone rank globally for rural population, per capita?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 60th and Sierra Leone ranks 59th of 216 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Rural population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.