France vs Sierra Leone: People not using safely managed sanitation facilities

France
6.66 million people
in 2024
Sierra Leone
7.19 million people
in 2024
France rank
52nd
Sierra Leone rank
51st

People not using safely managed sanitation facilities over time

  • France
  • Sierra Leone
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M200020122024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 7.19 million people against 6.66 million people in France, a difference of 526,150 people.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was France ahead.

France ranks 52nd and Sierra Leone ranks 51st of 150 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People not using safely managed sanitation facilities
Unit
people
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
150 places, 3,667 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

People not using safely managed sanitation services might practice open defecation, use unimproved sanitation facilities, or use improved facilities that do not safely manage human waste.