Morocco vs Sierra Leone: People in rural areas not using an improved water source

Morocco
1.45 million people
in 2024
Sierra Leone
1.81 million people
in 2024
Morocco rank
40th
Sierra Leone rank
37th

People in rural areas not using an improved water source over time

  • Morocco
  • Sierra Leone
2.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M200020122024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 1.81 million people against 1.45 million people in Morocco, a difference of 358,460 people.

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

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

Morocco ranks 40th and Sierra Leone ranks 37th of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People in rural areas not using an improved water source
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, 4,351 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Number of people not using improved drinking water sources. These people might use surface water sources or unprotected springs or wells, as no safe and reliable improved drinking water source is available to them.