Sierra Leone vs Zimbabwe: Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source

Sierra Leone
68.1%
in 2024
Zimbabwe
67.2%
in 2024
Sierra Leone rank
209th
Zimbabwe rank
211th

Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Zimbabwe
0204060200020122024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 68.1% against 67.2% in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.9%.

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

Sierra Leone ranks 209th and Zimbabwe ranks 211th of 231 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source
Unit
%
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
231 places, 5,586 data points, 2000–2024
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Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.