Nigeria vs Sierra Leone: Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal

Nigeria
40.33 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
in 2022
Sierra Leone
42.01 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
in 2022
Nigeria rank
74th
Sierra Leone rank
72nd

Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal over time

  • Nigeria
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 42.01 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal against 40.33 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in Nigeria, a difference of 1.68 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 74th and Sierra Leone ranks 72nd of 179 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal
Unit
constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
179 places, 6,112 data points, 1962–2022
Last refreshed

Water productivity is calculated as total gross domestic product (GDP), measured in constant 2015 US$ divided by annual total water withdrawal.