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Sierra Leone: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban

21.22percent · 2024+2.9% since 2014

The percentage of people living in households that have a handwashing facility with soap and water available on the premises. Handwashing facilities may be fixed or mobile and include a sink with tap water, buckets with taps, tippy-taps, and jugs or basins designated for handwashing. Soap includes bar soap, liquid soap, powder detergent, and soapy water but does not include ash, soil, sand or other handwashing agents. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 2004 to 2024.

20042024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202421.216
202321.156
202221.095
202121.034
202020.974
201920.913
201820.852
201720.792
201620.731
201520.67
201420.61
201320.549
201220.488
201120.428
201020.367
200920.306
200820.246
200720.246
200620.246
200520.246
200420.246

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 with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-with-basic-handwashing-facilities-including-soap-and-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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