Last verified: Saturday, 27. April 2024 at 08:23 AM
Last verified: Saturday, 27. April 2024 at 08:23 AM
We advise caution when travelling to Sierra Leone We advise caution when travelling to Sierra Leone. We detected travel advisories from 4 sources for this specific country.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Sierra Leone. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET).
There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Sierra Leone.
Source: www.ecdc.europa.eu
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for Sierra Leone.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Sierra Leone from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 3.5 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Exercise increased caution in Sierra Leone due to violent crime and the potential for civil unrest (level 2 of 4).
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Reissued with obsolete COVID-19 page links removed. Exercise increased caution in Sierra Leone due to crime and civil unrest. Country Summary: Violent crimes, such as robbery and assault, occur frequently in Sierra Leone, especially in Freetown. Local police often lack the resources to deal effectively with serious criminal incidents. Demonstrations and ...
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution.
This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of Sierra Leone. Most recent events first.
The total rating for Sierra Leone changed from 3.4 to 3.8. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Sierra Leone to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +2.0).
The total rating for Sierra Leone changed from 3.2 to 3.4. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government increased their existing warning for Sierra Leone to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Sierra Leone changed from 2.8 to 3.2. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government increased their existing warning for Sierra Leone to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by +1.0).
The Irish government increased their existing warning for Sierra Leone to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Sierra Leone changed from 2.5 to 2.8. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government issued a new warning for Sierra Leone with a rating of 4.0.
The total rating for Sierra Leone changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government issued a new warning for Sierra Leone with a rating of 2.0.
The Canadian government issued a new warning for Sierra Leone with a rating of 3.0.
The New Zealand government issued a new warning for Sierra Leone with a rating of 2.0.
The Irish government issued a new warning for Sierra Leone with a rating of 3.0.
Sierra Leone with its capital Freetown is a country in Africa (Western Africa), slightly smaller than South Carolina (71,740 km²). The country is located Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia. The climate can be described as tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April). The landscape is coastal belt of mangrove swamps, wooded hill country, upland plateau, mountains in east. With a population of about 6.29 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Freetown |
| Population | about 6.29 million |
| Size | 71.740 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly smaller than South Carolina |
| Common languages | English, Telugu |
| Currency | Leone (short: SLL) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 230V - 50Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 900/1800 |
| International phone prefix | +232 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .sl |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | SL |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | SLE |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 694 |
These are problems Sierra Leone is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Sierra Leone. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Sierra Leone.
Export products
Import products
Sierra Leone is currently rated at 3,5 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 4 official sources. We advise caution when travelling to Sierra Leone.
Visiting the country Sierra Leone is usually fine. The score is at 3,5 Just keep an eye open, obey local rules and you'll most likely be fine.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 4 individual sources for Sierra Leone.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Sierra Leone. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone has a size of 71,740 km² or 27,699 mi² which is slightly smaller than South Carolina.
For non-country specific questions, please check our global F.A.Q.
Travel safety map for Sierra Leone and bordering countries.
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2020-03-10:
Integrated data from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2/ Coronavirus).
2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
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