Share of schools with access to basic drinking water in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Share of schools with access to basic drinking water was 69.3% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Latest (2021)
69.3%
Change on year
up 29.5%
World rank
84th
of 95 countries
All-time high
69.3%
in 2021
All-time low
51.5%
in 2017
Years of data
5
2015–2021
Share of schools with access to basic drinking water in Sierra Leone, 2015–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 69.3% for share of schools with access to basic drinking water in 2021. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 29.5% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
That places Sierra Leone 84th out of 95 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 56.9% | 51.5% | 67.7% | 3 |
| 2020s | 61.4% | 53.5% | 69.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 81 Morocco 81.6% compare
- 82 Senegal 80.3% compare
- 83 Burkina Faso 74.3% compare
- 85 Cote d'Ivoire 68.0% compare
- 86 Peru 65.8% compare
- 87 Philippines 56.7% compare
More education data for Sierra Leone
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 162.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 46,575 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.7 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 166.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of schools with access to basic drinking water in Sierra Leone?
- Share of schools with access to basic drinking water in Sierra Leone was 69.3% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 69.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.5% in 2017.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for share of schools with access to basic drinking water?
- Sierra Leone ranks 84th out of 95 countries with data for 2021.
- Is share of schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of schools with access to basic drinking water. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of schools with access to basic drinking water, by education level (%)