Sierra Leone exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for Sierra Leone in Africa, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 63.5K | 0.0M | $3.0B | 4.05% | 0.00% | 12.72% |
| IND | 11.1K | 0.0M | $1.1B | 0.71% | 0.00% | 4.55% |
| RES | 1,494.4K | 8.8M | $19.6B | 95.24% | 100.00% | 82.73% |

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in Sierra Leone.

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in Sierra Leone.

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for Sierra Leone.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| Eastern Province | 397.1K | 2.3M | $6.0B | 25.31% | 26.49% | 25.20% |
| Southern Province | 374.6K | 2.2M | $5.5B | 23.87% | 25.10% | 23.39% |
| Western Area | 291.4K | 1.3M | $4.4B | 18.57% | 14.96% | 18.53% |
| Northern Province | 267.0K | 1.6M | $4.0B | 17.02% | 17.70% | 17.04% |
| North Western Province | 238.9K | 1.4M | $3.7B | 15.23% | 15.75% | 15.84% |

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in Sierra Leone.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 187,865 | 1,089.1K | $4,382.6M | 11.97% | 12.35% | 18.52% |
| W | W+WWD/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 347,801 | 1,965.8K | $3,310.2M | 22.17% | 22.29% | 13.99% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 192,684 | 1,089.0K | $2,676.4M | 12.28% | 12.35% | 11.31% |
| W | W+WWD/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 145,331 | 842.5K | $2,323.0M | 9.26% | 9.55% | 9.82% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 68,051 | 394.5K | $1,430.2M | 4.34% | 4.47% | 6.04% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 151,394 | 877.6K | $1,150.3M | 9.65% | 9.95% | 4.86% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 69,795 | 394.5K | $873.4M | 4.45% | 4.47% | 3.69% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 155,278 | 877.6K | $702.5M | 9.90% | 9.95% | 2.97% |
| MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 11,346 | 0.0K | $629.2M | 0.72% | 0.00% | 2.66% | |
| MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 22,691 | 0.0K | $629.2M | 1.45% | 0.00% | 2.66% | |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 6,363 | 0.0K | $455.2M | 0.41% | 0.00% | 1.92% |
| MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 12,732 | 0.0K | $455.2M | 0.81% | 0.00% | 1.92% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 11,436 | 82.9K | $435.7M | 0.73% | 0.94% | 1.84% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 2,534 | 114.6K | $399.1M | 0.16% | 1.30% | 1.69% |
| ADO|ST|E | E+ETO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 82,810 | 468.0K | $382.2M | 5.28% | 5.31% | 1.62% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 14,306 | 82.9K | $373.2M | 0.91% | 0.94% | 1.58% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 3,249 | 0.0K | $200.4M | 0.21% | 0.00% | 0.85% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 7,430 | 43.1K | $193.8M | 0.47% | 0.49% | 0.82% |
| OT | ME+MEO/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 28,893 | 163.3K | $179.1M | 1.84% | 1.85% | 0.76% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 2,287 | 0.0K | $163.6M | 0.15% | 0.00% | 0.69% |
| MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 4,578 | 0.0K | $163.6M | 0.29% | 0.00% | 0.69% | |
| MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 2,386 | 0.0K | $147.2M | 0.15% | 0.00% | 0.62% | |
| MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND | IND | 1,084 | 0.0K | $145.7M | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.62% | |
| MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 920 | 41.5K | $130.2M | 0.06% | 0.47% | 0.55% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4-7/RES | RES | 523 | 35.5K | $130.2M | 0.03% | 0.40% | 0.55% |
| S | S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 1,222 | 0.0K | $125.1M | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.53% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 7,622 | 43.1K | $118.3M | 0.49% | 0.49% | 0.50% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND | IND | 795 | 0.0K | $107.0M | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.45% |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 1,023 | 0.0K | $105.5M | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.45% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 2,045 | 92.4K | $104.8M | 0.13% | 1.05% | 0.44% |
| MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM | COM | 478 | 0.0K | $91.7M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.39% | |
| S | S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 413 | 0.0K | $91.0M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.38% |
| S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 339 | 0.0K | $76.7M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.32% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 401 | 0.0K | $74.9M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.32% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM | COM | 269 | 0.0K | $66.3M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.28% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 4,192 | 23.7K | $65.1M | 0.27% | 0.27% | 0.28% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 606 | 0.0K | $64.9M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.27% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4-7/COM | COM | 101 | 0.0K | $51.3M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.22% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CL/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 1,768 | 10.2K | $46.1M | 0.11% | 0.12% | 0.19% |
| OT | MATO/LN/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 8,205 | 46.4K | $43.1M | 0.52% | 0.53% | 0.18% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:>7/RES | RES | 131 | 11.8K | $40.7M | 0.01% | 0.13% | 0.17% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3-6/RES | RES | 213 | 9.6K | $37.3M | 0.01% | 0.11% | 0.16% |
| MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 315 | 0.0K | $35.8M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.15% | |
| MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 625 | 0.0K | $35.8M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.15% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 289 | 0.0K | $29.7M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.13% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CL/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 1,812 | 10.2K | $28.1M | 0.12% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM | COM | 95 | 0.0K | $23.1M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.10% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 98 | 0.0K | $21.6M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.09% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:>7/COM | COM | 15 | 0.0K | $20.5M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.09% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 346 | 0.0K | $18.5M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.08% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 119 | 0.0K | $12.0M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3-6/COM | COM | 25 | 0.0K | $9.8M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.04% | |
| MCF+CL/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3-6/RES | RES | 51 | 2.3K | $8.9M | 0.00% | 0.03% | 0.04% | |
| MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 36 | 0.0K | $8.7M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.04% | |
| MCF+CL/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 73 | 0.0K | $8.5M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.04% | |
| MCF+CL/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 152 | 0.0K | $8.5M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.04% | |
| W | W/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 392 | 2.3K | $4.9M | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.02% |
| W/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 402 | 2.3K | $3.0M | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.01% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CL/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 30 | 0.0K | $2.8M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| W | W/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 157 | 1.1K | $2.8M | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CL/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3-6/COM | COM | 6 | 0.0K | $2.2M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| MCF+CL/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 15 | 0.0K | $2.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% | |
| OT | INF/LN/CDN+ERN/H:1/EWV/RES | RES | 335 | 1.9K | $1.2M | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.00% |
| W | W/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 15 | 0.0K | $1.2M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| W/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 25 | 0.0K | $1.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| W/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 4 | 0.0K | $0.5M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |