Safely managed drinking water in Sierra Leone
10.9% of people in Sierra Leone used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Sierra Leone, 2024
10.9%
Change from 2023
+0.3percentage points
World, 2024
73.7%
Position in 2024
145th of 148
Safely managed drinking water in Sierra Leone over time
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sierra Leone | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.9% | 73.7% |
| 2023 | 10.6% | 72.0% |
| 2022 | 10.3% | 71.5% |
| 2021 | 10.0% | 71.0% |
| 2020 | 9.8% | 70.5% |
| 2019 | 9.5% | 69.9% |
| 2018 | 9.2% | 69.4% |
| 2017 | 9.0% | 68.8% |
| 2016 | 8.7% | 68.2% |
| 2015 | 8.4% | 67.7% |
| 2014 | 8.2% | 67.1% |
| 2013 | 7.9% | 66.5% |
| 2012 | 7.7% | 65.9% |
| 2011 | 7.4% | 65.3% |
| 2010 | 7.2% | 64.8% |
| 2009 | 7.0% | 64.3% |
| 2008 | 6.7% | 63.8% |
| 2007 | 6.5% | 63.4% |
| 2006 | 6.3% | 63.1% |
| 2005 | 6.1% | 62.8% |
| 2004 | 5.9% | 62.5% |
| 2003 | 5.7% | 62.1% |
| 2002 | 5.5% | 61.8% |
| 2001 | 5.3% | 61.5% |
| 2000 | 5.2% | 61.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 10.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 8.2%, the figure has changed by +2.7 percentage points.
- Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Sierra Leone has the 145th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.