Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 75.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Sierra Leone, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Sierra Leone stood at 75.6%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Sierra Leone peaked at 75.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 47.4%, in 2000.
Sierra Leone ranks 221st of 231 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.1% | 47.4% | 57.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.3% | 58.8% | 69.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.2% | 70.9% | 75.6% | 5 |
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More environment data for Sierra Leone
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 7.93 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.9174 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.7175 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.45 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0007 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 5.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.7846 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Sierra Leone?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Sierra Leone was 75.6% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 75.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.4% in 2000.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Sierra Leone ranks 221st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.