Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts was 85.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Sierra Leone, 1986–2019
Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and UNICEF, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of children under 5 who received ORS packet.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Sierra Leone is 85.3%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 9.8% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Sierra Leone peaked at 85.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 31.0%, in 1986.
Sierra Leone ranks 2nd of 96 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 39.0% | 31.0% | 55.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 54.5% | 41.5% | 68.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 80.2% | 72.6% | 85.3% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Sierra Leone?
- Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Sierra Leone was 85.3% in 2019, according to Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and UNICEF, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 85.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.0% in 1986.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts?
- Sierra Leone ranks 2nd out of 96 countries with data for 2019.
- Is share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and UNICEF, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children under five years old with diarrhea, in the two weeks prior to the survey, who received oral rehydration salts.