Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Drinking water services in rural areas

Guinea

878,871 people

in 2024

Sierra Leone

707,883 people

in 2024

Guinea rank

28th

Sierra Leone rank

31st

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Guinea currently reports 878,871 people against 707,883 people in Sierra Leone, a difference of 170,988 people.

That makes Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Guinea ranks 28th and Sierra Leone ranks 31st of 178 countries.

Indicator: Drinking water services in rural areas
Unit: people
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 178 places, 4,232 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.