Urban improved water access vs rural water access in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Urban improved water access vs rural water access was 92.29 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Urban improved water access vs rural water access in Sierra Leone, 2000–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 92.29 for urban improved water access vs rural water access in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, urban improved water access vs rural water access in Sierra Leone peaked at 92.29 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 78.99, in 2000.
That places Sierra Leone 175th out of 188 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 | 81.48 | 78.99 | 83.97 | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.02 | 84.53 | 89.52 | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.18 | 90.07 | 92.29 | 5 |
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- Pesticides (total) — Export value 3.17 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 3,182 1000 USD (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 59.43 USD (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value 271.26 SLC (2024)
- Heating Degree Days 0 (2020)
- Cooling Degree Days 5,609 (2024)
- Total fisheries production 208,995 metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 208,810 metric tons (2024)
- Aquaculture production 185 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 0.0803 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is urban improved water access vs rural water access in Sierra Leone?
- Urban improved water access vs rural water access in Sierra Leone was 92.29 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest urban improved water access vs rural water access recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 92.29 in 2024.
- What is the lowest urban improved water access vs rural water access recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.99 in 2000.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for urban improved water access vs rural water access?
- Sierra Leone ranks 175th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is urban improved water access vs rural water access rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Urban improved water access vs rural water access. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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