Ghana vs Sierra Leone: Share of population using safely managed sanitation

Ghana
18.8%
in 2024
Sierra Leone
16.8%
in 2024
Ghana rank
134th
Sierra Leone rank
136th

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

  • Ghana
  • Sierra Leone
5101520200020122024

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 18.8% against 16.8% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1.9%.

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

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

Ghana ranks 134th and Sierra Leone ranks 136th of 150 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of population using safely managed sanitation
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
150 places, 3,667 data points, 2000–2024
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Proportion of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed in situ or transported and treated off-site.