09 May 2025

UNICEF Sierra Leone - 2024 Annual Report

We present this external annual report on the work of UNICEF Sierra Leone in 2024, which reflects the enduring commitment of the country’s people and the resilience of its children. It is a review of not only UNICEF’s efforts, but also of Sierra Leone’s ongoing determination to build a more just, inclusive, and ho...
03 June 2020

Evidence, policy and social protection

The challenges, Sierra Leone has a young population, with about 42 per cent of its people aged 0 to 14 years, according to the nation’s 2015 Population and Housing Census. Yet, life for the majority of young people in the country is far from easy – as youth unemployment rates are among the highest in the region, a...
18 September 2019

Research and reports

Our latest publications and reports, UNICEF combines its experience and well-collected evidence and analysis to create programmes, campaigns and initiatives wherever they are needed most. Explore our reports and publications to see how information can lead to change for children in Sierra Leone.
27 June 2019

Multidimensional Child Poverty Report

In 2017, with the support of UNICEF and other partners, the Government of Sierra Leone, was the first worldwide to launch the sixth round of the multiple indicators cluster surveys (MICS6). In addition to providing information for a large number of indicators, including for the SDGs, this survey was designed to an...
20 May 2019

A Business Case and Fiscal Space Analysis for Social Protection in Sierra Leone

The business case and fiscal space analysis serves to generate evidence on the monetization of the cross-sectoral impacts of several social protection interventions, their long-term costs as well as the potential avenues of fiscal space creation over the coming 20 years. In providing evidence on the outcomes and i...
22 August 2018

Sierra Leone Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2017

This report is based on the Sierra Leone Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), conducted in 2017 by Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL). The survey provides statistically sound and internationally comparable data essential for developing evidence-based policies and programmes, and for monitoring progress toward nati...
23 May 2018

The long-term impacts and costs of Ebola on the Sierra Leonean health sector

The study estimates the future costs of EVD on the Sierra Leonean health sector to range between 9.0 and 19.4 per cent of today’s GDP. While the highest costs are incurred for a 15-year recovery trajectory, amounting to 15.5 and 19.4 per cent of today’s GDP, respective of which baseline is chosen; the cost for a 1...