Rwanda vs Sierra Leone: Drinking water usage in urban areas

Rwanda

57,272 people

in 2024

Sierra Leone

41,709 people

in 2024

Rwanda rank

28th

Sierra Leone rank

31st

Drinking water usage in urban areas over time

Rwanda currently reports 57,272 people against 41,709 people in Sierra Leone, a difference of 15,562 people.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.4 times Sierra Leone's.

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

Rwanda ranks 28th 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.