Nepal vs Sierra Leone: Drinking water usage in urban areas

Nepal

33,657 people

in 2024

Sierra Leone

41,709 people

in 2024

Nepal rank

33rd

Sierra Leone rank

31st

Drinking water usage in urban areas over time

Sierra Leone currently reports 41,709 people against 33,657 people in Nepal, a difference of 8,052 people.

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

Across all 25 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Nepal ranks 33rd and Sierra Leone ranks 31st of 188 countries.

Indicator: Drinking water usage in urban 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: 188 places, 4,613 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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