Is Sierra Leone a good place to live for remote workers?

Sierra Leone scores 42/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 9 Mbps, safety 87, healthcare 48, air quality 29; English not scored) — rank 150 of 167.

How fast is the internet in Sierra Leone?

Median fixed broadband is around 9 Mbps.

What does $3,000/month get you in Sierra Leone?

Single-person essentials run about $410/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (7.3× essentials).

Livability · rank 150/167

Is 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone (Freetown) a good place to live?

Quality score 42/100 against essentials of $410/month.

The five metrics

Internet 4 9 Mbps median broadband, 25.1% online

Safety 87 2.2 homicides/100k (2020)

Healthcare 48 UHC service coverage 48/100 (2023)

Air quality 29 PM2.5 36.9 µg/m³ (2023)

Beside the score, not inside it

Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.

Rule of law: weak; World Bank WGI estimate -0.84 · corruption control -0.7 · stability -0.45 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
What connectivity costs: — /mo broadband; Mobile 10GB $8.52/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

What your budget buys

Monthly budget	vs essentials ($410)	Verdict
$2,000	4.9×	like royalty
$3,000	7.3×	like royalty
$5,000	12.2×	like royalty

Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.

Similar value-for-money

🇹🇳 Tunisia — quality 55.9, essentials $541/mo
🇲🇺 Mauritius — quality 73.7, essentials $734/mo
🇵🇰 Pakistan — quality 39.7, essentials $379/mo
🇲🇬 Madagascar — quality 57.8, essentials $548/mo

Frequently asked questions

Is Sierra Leone a good place to live for remote workers?: Sierra Leone scores 42/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 9 Mbps, safety 87, healthcare 48, air quality 29; English not scored) — rank 150 of 167.
How fast is the internet in Sierra Leone?: Median fixed broadband is around 9 Mbps.
What does $3,000/month get you in Sierra Leone?: Single-person essentials run about $410/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (7.3× essentials).