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Sierra Leone: People using safely managed drinking water services, rural

9.60percent · 2024+66.9% since 2014

The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20249.597
20239.168
20228.749
20218.34
20207.941
20197.551
20187.171
20176.801
20166.441
20156.091
20145.75
20135.419
20125.098
20114.787
20104.486
20094.194
20083.912
20073.64
20063.378
20053.126
20042.883
20032.65
20022.427
20012.214
20002.109

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People using safely managed drinking water services, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-safely-managed-drinking-water-services-rural (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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