Table 1.

Selected Contextual indicators for Ghana and Sierra Leone (Data sources [23–27])

	Ghana	Sierra Leone
Population	30,417,856	7,813,215
GDP per capita	$ 2202	$ 528
2019 Human Development Index (HDI)	•0.596 •Medium human development category •142 out of 189 countries and territories.	•0.438 •Low human development category •181 out of 187 countries and territories.
Poverty Indicators	•Overall poverty head count ratio 23% •Population in extreme poverty 8%.	•Overall poverty headcount ratio 57%, •Population in extreme poverty 11%.
Life expectancy	64 years	54 years
Fragile State Index	68	89