Population using safely managed sanitation services in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Population using safely managed sanitation services was 10.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Population using safely managed sanitation services in Sierra Leone, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for population using safely managed sanitation services in Sierra Leone is 10.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and up 70.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population using safely managed sanitation services in Sierra Leone peaked at 10.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.3%, in 2000.
That places Sierra Leone 92nd out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 3.2% | 2.3% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.6% | 4.8% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.8% | 8.9% | 10.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 89 Papua New Guinea 14.4% compare
- 90 Togo 11.4% compare
- 91 Democratic Republic of Congo 11.2% compare
- 93 Benin 10.7% compare
- 94 Madagascar 10.0% compare
- 95 Niger 6.0% compare
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 population using safely managed sanitation services in Sierra Leone?
- Population using safely managed sanitation services in Sierra Leone was 10.8% in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 10.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.3% in 2000.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for population using safely managed sanitation services?
- Sierra Leone ranks 92nd out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is population using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Population using safely managed sanitation services (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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