Sierra Leone is a unitary presidential republic divided into five regions and 16 districts. President Julius Maada Bio, re-elected in a contested 2023 vote, leads an economy built on mining and agriculture, while male same-sex acts remain criminalised.
In the 12 Axes register, Sierra Leone leans hardest on Progressive – Traditional: Traditional 83%; the register median is Traditional 68%.
Take the test and this line shows how close your twelve scores are to Sierra Leone, and the axis where you differ most.
Where Sierra Leone sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Unitary
Unitary state with five regions
Centrist
Elected president, disputed 2023 vote
Centrist
August 2022 protests left 33 dead, curfew imposed
Non-Interventionist
ECOWAS and African Union member
Neutral
Small army, past UN peacekeeping host
Centrist
Many ethnic groups, no assimilation policy
Economic Liberal
Mining and agriculture, open to investors
Markets
Market economy with limited regulation
Free Trade
Exports diamonds, gold and bauxite; ECOWAS member
Spiritual
Muslim majority, secular constitution
Traditionalist
Same-sex acts criminalised
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Collectivize – Privatize
On Collectivize – Privatize, Sierra Leone is at Privatize 68%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Sierra Leone is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · freedomhouse.org
Map: Marcos Elias de Oliveira Júnior, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
