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Table 1 Basic demographic, economic and health indicators comparing the three countries

From: Never again? Challenges in transforming the health workforce landscape in post-Ebola West Africa

 

Guinea

Liberia

Sierra Leone

Total population (thousands)

12 717

4732

7557

GDP per capita 2017 (US$)

824

545

463

GDP growth rates (annual %)

10.6

2.5

4.2

Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births)

66

59

94

Under-five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)

102

80

134

  1. Source: compiled by authors from the World Bank Indicators 2017 https://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&series=NY.GDP.MKTP.CD&country=#