People using safely managed sanitation services in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: People using safely managed sanitation services was 16.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using safely managed sanitation services in Sierra Leone, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people using safely managed sanitation services in Sierra Leone is 16.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 63.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed sanitation services in Sierra Leone peaked at 16.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 2000.
Sierra Leone ranks 132nd of 146 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
People using safely managed sanitation services in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.0% | — |
| 2001 | 5.1% | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 5.3% | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 5.8% | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 6.2% | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 6.6% | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 7.0% | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 7.4% | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 7.9% | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 8.3% | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 8.8% | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 9.3% | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 9.8% | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 10.3% | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 10.8% | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 11.4% | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 12.1% | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 12.7% | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 13.3% | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 14.0% | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 14.7% | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 15.4% | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 16.1% | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 16.8% | +4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.2% | 5.0% | 7.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.7% | 8.3% | 13.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.4% | 14.0% | 16.8% | 5 |
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More health data for Sierra Leone
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.34 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.773 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,199 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 4,209 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 75-79, female, annual growth rate 0.8934 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, female, per capita 0.0031 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, annual growth rate 0.3437 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, per capita 0.0023 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed sanitation services in Sierra Leone?
- People using safely managed sanitation services in Sierra Leone was 16.8% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 16.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 2000.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for people using safely managed sanitation services?
- Sierra Leone ranks 132nd out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.9%. 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 (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs.