Cameroon vs Sierra Leone: Using at least basic drinking water sources in urban vs. rural areas

Cameroon

81.6%

in 2024

Sierra Leone

81.7%

in 2024

Cameroon rank

175th

Sierra Leone rank

174th

Using at least basic drinking water sources in urban vs. rural areas over time

Cameroon
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 81.7% against 81.6% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Cameroon ranks 175th and Sierra Leone ranks 174th of 188 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Using at least basic drinking water sources in urban vs. rural areas
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: 188 places, 4,631 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.