Population with basic handwashing facilities at home in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Population with basic handwashing facilities at home was 16.7% in 2024. β² Rising
Population with basic handwashing facilities at home in Sierra Leone, 2004β2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 16.7% for population with basic handwashing facilities at home in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 75.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population with basic handwashing facilities at home in Sierra Leone peaked at 16.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.2%, in 2004.
That places Sierra Leone 91st out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.3% | 5.2% | 5.9% | 6 |
| 2010s | 9.9% | 6.7% | 13.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.3% | 13.9% | 16.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 88 South Sudan, Republic of 18.4% compare
- 89 Lesotho, Kingdom of 17.7% compare
- 90 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 17.0% compare
- 92 Rwanda 16.0% compare
- 93 Guinea-Bissau 15.7% compare
- 94 Haiti 15.5% compare
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)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,199 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 4,209 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 79,693 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 79,021 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 82,252 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 81,100 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population with basic handwashing facilities at home in Sierra Leone?
- Population with basic handwashing facilities at home in Sierra Leone was 16.7% in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest population with basic handwashing facilities at home recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 16.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest population with basic handwashing facilities at home recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.2% in 2004.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for population with basic handwashing facilities at home?
- Sierra Leone ranks 91st out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is population with basic handwashing facilities at home rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.4%. 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 with basic handwashing facilities at home (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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