Senegal vs Sierra Leone: Number of people treated for river blindness

Senegal
327,943 People
in 2022
Sierra Leone
414,286 People
in 2024
Senegal rank
24th
Sierra Leone rank
23rd

Number of people treated for river blindness over time

  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
02.0M4.0M6.0M200820162024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 414,286 People against 327,943 People in Senegal, a difference of 86,343 People.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.3 times Senegal's.

Across all 10 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Senegal ranks 24th and Sierra Leone ranks 23rd of 33 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Senegal Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
2000s 112,970 People 1.77 million People 1.66 million People Sierra Leone
2010s 344,290 People 4.12 million People 3.78 million People Sierra Leone
2020s 318,082 People 5.61 million People 5.29 million People Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people treated for river blindness, Senegal or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 414,286 People against 327,943 People in Senegal as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of people treated for river blindness between Senegal and Sierra Leone?
86,343 People, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Sierra Leone?
10 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2022.
How do Senegal and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of people treated for river blindness?
Senegal ranks 24th and Sierra Leone ranks 23rd of 33 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of people treated for river blindness. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Senegal vs Sierra Leone: Number of people treated for river blindness. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 24 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/people-treated-for-river-blindness/senegal/sierra-leone/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/people-treated-for-river-blindness/senegal/sierra-leone/">Senegal vs Sierra Leone: Number of people treated for river blindness</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of people treated for river blindness
Unit
People
Source
World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
33 places, 538 data points, 2005–2024
Last refreshed

Reported number of people treated with ivermectin for river blindness.