Sierra Leone's doctor density has improved slightly since 2014.

Omissions

• No source consulted provides Sierra Leone's physician-density figure for 2014, so the claimed change (the 'slight improvement since 2014') could not be quantified or directly verified against a 2014 baseline.
• The most precise level figure found is the World Bank estimate of 0.05 physicians per 1,000 population (WDI 2020), published in a 2021 World Bank review; the WHO 'Density of physicians (per 10 000 population)' indicator page (official estimate updated 30 April 2025) hosts the relevant series but the specific Sierra Leone value could not be retrieved within the search limit.
• The academic source (2025) refers to the broader skilled health-workforce ratio (doctors, midwives and nurses: 6.4 per 10,000), not physician density alone, so it supports only the general direction, not the physician-specific claim.
• The 'slight' qualification is subjective and unquantified; depending on the true 2014 baseline the increase could be characterised as slight or more substantial.

Sources

• PrimaryWorld Bank — Sierra Leone Public Expenditure Review 2021: Improving Quality of Public Expenditure in Health"In Sierra Leone, the skilled health worker density is only 6.40 per 10,000 population... and physician density is estimated at 0.05 per 1,000 population across the country." (Source: World Bank WDI 2020)
• PrimaryWorld Bank Data — Physicians (per 1,000 people): Sierra LeoneOfficial World Bank indicator "Physicians (per 1,000 people) - Sierra Leone", time series covering 1960 - 2022 (values not displayed in the retrieved page).
• PrimaryWorld Health Organization — Density of physicians (per 10 000 population), indicator 217795AOfficial WHO indicator "Density of doctors (physicians) per 10 000 population" (SDG 3.c.1, HWF_0001), "Official estimate updated 30 April 2025" (country-level Sierra Leone value not retrievable within the search limit).
• AcademicPMC / Health Policy and Planning — Improving Sierra Leone's skilled health-worker-to-population ratio (PMC12636922)"In Sierra Leone, this ratio is 6.4 per 10 000" (skilled health workers: doctors, midwives and nurses); field data were collected in Port Loko, Bo District and Freetown in 2023 and 2024; the article notes the country's health workforce trajectory over the past decade but states it "remains ranked among the worst worldwide".