Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 68 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sierra Leone, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 68 % for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sierra Leone peaked at 68 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 41 %, in 2000.
Sierra Leone ranks 180th of 201 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 | 45.3 % | 41 % | 50 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 57 % | 52 % | 62 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.8 % | 63 % | 68 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More environment data for Sierra Leone
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 1.64 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 29.36 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 12 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 30.48 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 55.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2,200 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 5.1 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 203.47 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 39.72 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,584 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sierra Leone?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sierra Leone was 68 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 68 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 41 % in 2000.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Sierra Leone ranks 180th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.