Safely managed sanitation in Sierra Leone
16.8% of people in Sierra Leone used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Sierra Leone, 2024
16.8%
Change from 2023
+0.7percentage points
World, 2024
58.5%
Position in 2024
128th of 141
Safely managed sanitation 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 | 16.8% | 58.5% |
| 2023 | 16.1% | 57.8% |
| 2022 | 15.4% | 57.0% |
| 2021 | 14.7% | 56.1% |
| 2020 | 14.0% | 55.2% |
| 2019 | 13.3% | 54.2% |
| 2018 | 12.7% | 52.8% |
| 2017 | 12.1% | 51.3% |
| 2016 | 11.4% | 49.9% |
| 2015 | 10.8% | 48.4% |
| 2014 | 10.3% | 46.9% |
| 2013 | 9.8% | 45.5% |
| 2012 | 9.3% | 44.1% |
| 2011 | 8.8% | 42.8% |
| 2010 | 8.3% | 41.5% |
| 2009 | 7.9% | 40.2% |
| 2008 | 7.4% | 38.9% |
| 2007 | 7.0% | 37.6% |
| 2006 | 6.6% | 36.3% |
| 2005 | 6.2% | 35.1% |
| 2004 | 5.8% | 34.0% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | 32.8% |
| 2002 | 5.3% | 31.7% |
| 2001 | 5.1% | 31.7% |
| 2000 | 5.0% | 31.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 16.1% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 10.3%, the figure has changed by +6.6 percentage points.
- Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Sierra Leone has the 128th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.