Sierra Leone
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What are the main risks in Sierra Leone?
Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 10 events there, including 0 severe. The most frequent: Wildfire, Risk, Flood.
Is there a government travel advisory for Sierra Leone?
Yes — of the 19 governments we track, 2 advise against travel and 8 urge extra caution. The detail is in the security section below.
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Sierra Leone: current alerts and safety news
Nothing notable in the last 7 days.
Last 90 days
- Calm
- Moderate / High
- Critical
- N/A
Colour = the country level observed that day (highest of the day). N/A: before our records began.
Is it safe to travel to Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone leaves few traces in our records. Eight events over the last 12 months, none of them severe, and the lowest level on our scale. Six are wildfires, one is a flood, one is a travel advisory entry. No state currently advises against travel here. Four of the eight events fall in March; the rest are scattered, one in August, one in September, one in January. Fires and floods are the two hazards that really follow a season here. On homicides, the recorded rate is 2.2 per 100,000, against a world median of 2.1 — that number covers homicides only, and says nothing about theft or scams. Beyond it, little was measured. Read this as a thin record, not as proof of calm: few sensors, few reports.
What it changes for a nomad
For a stay of several weeks, nothing in the data points to one arrival window over another. March is the busiest month in our record, all hazards taken together, with four of the eight events. The two things that move with the seasons here are fire and water, so those are what a longer stay actually has to plan around: smoke and burning around the edges of towns, and water that rises where it drains badly. The rest of the picture is mostly absent from our sensors, which is not the same as absent from the ground. Local radio, your landlord and your neighbours will tell you more about a given week than this profile can. Keep your own margins on overland travel, and treat a quiet record as a reason to ask questions rather than to stop asking them.
Written with the help of AI from Mira Safe's sourced data on August 24, 2026 · does not replace local guidance How this analysis is produced →
To watch as a rule
- Wildfires: six recorded over the last 12 months, none severe, and the most frequent thing our sensors pick up here.
- Flooding: one record over the last 12 months, and one of the two hazards that follow a season here.
- The thinness of the record itself: eight events in 12 months means gaps in coverage, not quiet ground.
- Travel advisory notices: one entry over the last 12 months, and none in force right now.
Good reflexes
- Ask your host how water drains around the building before you commit to several weeks.
- Check the state of the road with someone local before a long overland trip after heavy rain.
- When smoke settles over the area, ask neighbours where it is burning before you plan your day.
- Download an offline map of the area you live in and the road out of it.
- Keep copies of your passport and permits both on your phone and in your mailbox.
Sierra Leone: travel advisories and areas to avoid
What the 19 tracked governments officially advise for this country — converging or not. The everyday reference.
- Advised against by 4+ states
- Advised against by 1 state
- Advised against unless essential
Sierra Leone: quality of life and safety in figures
Everyday living conditions, on the few indicators published for every country in the world. Background for a stay — not what is happening today.
Favourable vs the world median
- Homicides: 2.2 per 100,000 people (median 2.3)
- New displacements, conflict: 0.28 per 1,000 people (median 0.48)
- New displacements, disasters: 0.09 per 1,000 people (median 0.73)
Watch out vs the world median
- Air quality (PM2.5): 22.5 µg/m³ (median 17.3)
- Safely managed drinking water: 10.9 % of the population (median 80.5)
- Road deaths: 33 per 100,000 people (median 15.2)
- Physicians: 0.13 per 1,000 people (median 1.7)
- Life expectancy at birth: 62 years (median 74.7)
Above the world median (17.3) · lower is better
WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³
Below the world median (80.5) · higher is better
Above the world median (15.2) · lower is better
Below the world median (1.7) · higher is better
Below the world median (74.7) · higher is better
Below the world median (0.48) · lower is better
2,500 people in total
Below the world median (0.73) · lower is better
800 people in total
0 people in total
0 asylum seekers
Security and violence
Structural risk (INFORM) · 2026
4.8/10 — medium
Composite index by the JRC (European Commission): hazards & exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity. Structural background — not today's alerts.
Close to the world median (2.3).
Source: UNODC, via the World Bank (CC BY 4.0)
Homicides are the only crime figure that exists worldwide under an open licence. It says nothing about theft or scams — no reliable worldwide data exists for those; official state advisories are the honest day-to-day reference.
National figures, published once a year and often a few years behind: an order of magnitude for daily life, never the situation right now. Sources: World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · UNHCR
Sierra Leone: natural disasters and risks in figures
Last 30 days · 0 events
Eventsof which severeNo major event reported by our sources in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months · 10 events
Eventsof which severe- Wildfire6
- Risk3
- Flood1
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What travellers lived
What people who stayed there report. A feeling is not a risk level: these figures complement official data, they don't replace it.
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Humanitarian response under way
Operations run by humanitarian organisations in the country — context about the situation on the ground, not alerts.
IFRC humanitarian operation — Sierra Leone - Floods
Emergency fund (DREF) · since Aug 13, 2026 · planned until Dec 31, 2026
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Situation reports
Latest situation reports published by humanitarian organisations for this country — via ReliefWeb (UN OCHA, CC BY).
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