Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services was 25 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Sierra Leone, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Sierra Leone is 25 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 56.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Sierra Leone peaked at 25 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8 %, in 2000.
That places Sierra Leone 173rd out of 186 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.
Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8 % | — |
| 2001 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9 % | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 10 % | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 10 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11 % | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 12 % | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 12 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 13 % | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 14 % | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 14 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15 % | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 16 % | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 17 % | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 18 % | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 18 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 19 % | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 20 % | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 21 % | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 22 % | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 23 % | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 24 % | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 25 % | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.6 % | 8 % | 12 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.4 % | 13 % | 20 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 23 % | 21 % | 25 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 171 Guinea-Bissau 29 % compare
- 171 Haiti 29 % compare
- 173 Togo 25 % compare
- 175 Papua New Guinea 24 % compare
- 175 Uganda 24 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2954 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 250 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5407 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 29.54 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 29.54 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Sierra Leone?
- Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Sierra Leone was 25 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 25 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 % in 2000.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services?
- Sierra Leone ranks 173rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.2%. 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 sanitation services (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.