Madagascar vs Sierra Leone: Share of the population with access to basic services

Madagascar
42.5%
in 2024
Sierra Leone
39.2%
in 2024
Madagascar rank
203rd
Sierra Leone rank
204th

Share of the population with access to basic services over time

  • Madagascar
  • Sierra Leone
10203040199220082024

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 42.5% against 39.2% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 3.3%.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 203rd and Sierra Leone ranks 204th of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of the population with access to basic services
Unit
% of population
Source
Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
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Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.