Guinea-Bissau vs Sierra Leone: Share of rural population with access to basic handwashing facilities

Guinea-Bissau

15.7%

in 2024

Sierra Leone

16.7%

in 2024

Guinea-Bissau rank

94th

Sierra Leone rank

92nd

Share of rural population with access to basic handwashing facilities over time

Sierra Leone currently reports 16.7% against 15.7% in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 1.0%.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 94th and Sierra Leone ranks 92nd of 113 countries.

Indicator: Share of rural population with access to basic handwashing facilities
Unit: %
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: 113 places, 1,715 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Proportion of people with access to a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home.