Salone Ranked 149 Out Of 183 In Youth Development Index

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Sierra Leone has been ranked 149 out of 183 in this year 2016 Global Youth Development Index (GYDI).
This was disclosed to the press by the Minister of Youth Affairs Bai Mahmoud Bangura during a press conference yesterday at the ministry.
He said with 1.8 billion people between the ages of 15 and 29, the world is home to more young people today than ever before. Close to 87% of them live in developing countries.
“Young people make up approximately one-quarter of humanity, but in many countries, especially in South Asia and Africa, one in three people is a young person.”
Sierra Leone ranked 149 out of 183 countries with 0.486 score, health and well-being 159, education 168, employment and opportunity 146, civic participation 43, political participation 68, YDI level low, proportion of youth population 28% and changing YDI score 11.0%.  Sierra Leone is ranked 16 out of 46 countries in sub-Saharan African in the...
“The next few decades, therefore, are an unprecedented window of opportunity for the world, and developing countries in particular, to reap the promise of this ‘demographic dividend’.”
The minister pointed out that, the YDI and report provides an evidence-based overview of condition of youth across the world, focusing on opportunities for their development.
“The index is a composite index that collectively measure progress on youth development in 183 countries. Sierra Leone is among the ten countries in Sub-Saharan African that showed great improvement in the YDI score between 2010-2015 (Kenya, South Africa, Niger, Togo, Malawi, Senegal, Republic of Congo, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Mozambique).”
He also said that Sierra Leone is the tenth country in Sub-Saharan Africa that increased enrolment in secondary education and/or literacy rates for their young people and also managed to bring adolescent fertility and youth mortality rate.
Commissioner of the National Youth Commission Anthony Koroma gave a presentation about the process and the ranking. He said the event took place in South Africa in October and said African Union (AU) declared 2017 as the year of the youth.

He said the report indicated that Netherlands is ranked the highest for youth development in education and employment and opportunity. Israel ranked the highest for youth health and well-being with a YDI score of 0.904. For civic participation, Liberia ranked the highest while Political participation Germany ranked the highest.

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