2003 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$NA

Currency (code):

leone (SLL)

Currency code:

SLL

Exchange rates:

leones (SLL) per US dollar - NA (2007), 2,961.7 (2006), 2,889.6
(2005), 2,701.3 (2004), 2,347.9 (2003)

Communications
Sierra Leone

Telephones - main lines in use:

24,000 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

776,000 (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: marginal telephone service
domestic: the national microwave radio relay trunk system connects
Freetown to Bo and Kenema; mobile-cellular service is growing
rapidly from a small base
international: country code - 232; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 9, shortwave 1 (2001)

Radios:

1.12 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

2 (1999)

Televisions:

53,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.sl

Internet hosts:

8 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2001)

Internet users:

13,000 (2007)

Transportation
Sierra Leone

Airports:

10 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 2 (2007)

Heliports:

2 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 11,300 km
paved: 904 km
unpaved: 10,396 km (2002)

Waterways:

800 km (600 km year round) (2005)

Merchant marine:

total: 182
by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 143, carrier 2, chemical tanker 3,
container 6, liquefied gas 2, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 6,
petroleum tanker 10, roll on/roll off 3, specialized tanker 2
foreign-owned: 95 (Belgium 1, China 15, Egypt 3, Greece 1, Hong Kong
1, Lebanon 1, Nigeria 1, Panama 1, Romania 3, Russia 11, Syria 18,
Taiwan 1, Turkey 15, Ukraine 10, UAE 8, UK 2, US 1, Yemen 2) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Freetown, Pepel, Sherbro Islands

Military
Sierra Leone

Military branches:

Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF): Army (includes Navy
(Maritime Wing), Air Wing) (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service (younger
with parental consent); no conscription (2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 1,315,561 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 671,418 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: