Morocco vs Sierra Leone: People not using safely managed drinking water sources

Morocco
7.62 million people
in 2024
Sierra Leone
7.70 million people
in 2024
Morocco rank
39th
Sierra Leone rank
38th

People not using safely managed drinking water sources over time

  • Morocco
  • Sierra Leone
5.0M10.0M15.0M200020122024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 7.70 million people against 7.62 million people in Morocco, a difference of 77,280 people.

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

Morocco ranks 39th and Sierra Leone ranks 38th of 163 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People not using safely managed drinking water sources
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
163 places, 3,991 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

People not using safely managed drinking water sources either use unimproved drinking water sources or the improved sources they use are not located on their premises, not available when needed, or not free of contamination.