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

Sierra Leone
16.8%
in 2024
Somalia
16.4%
in 2024
Sierra Leone rank
136th
Somalia rank
138th

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
57.51012.51517.5200020122024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 16.8% against 16.4% in Somalia, a difference of 0.5%.

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

Sierra Leone ranks 136th and Somalia ranks 138th 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
Last refreshed

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.