Benin vs Sierra Leone: Share of rural population with improved sanitation faciltities

Benin
11.83
in 2024
Sierra Leone
15.33
in 2024
Benin rank
165th
Sierra Leone rank
163rd

Share of rural population with improved sanitation faciltities over time

  • Benin
  • Sierra Leone
051015200020122024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 15.33 against 11.83 in Benin, a difference of 3.5.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.3 times Benin's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Benin ranks 165th and Sierra Leone ranks 163rd of 175 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
2000s 3.52 4.4 0.8722 Sierra Leone
2010s 7.27 9.12 1.86 Sierra Leone
2020s 10.79 13.89 3.1 Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of rural population with improved sanitation faciltities, Benin or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 15.33 against 11.83 in Benin as of 2024.
What is the difference in share of rural population with improved sanitation faciltities between Benin and Sierra Leone?
3.5, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Sierra Leone?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Benin and Sierra Leone rank globally for share of rural population with improved sanitation faciltities?
Benin ranks 165th and Sierra Leone ranks 163rd of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Share of rural population with improved sanitation faciltities. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Benin vs Sierra Leone: Share of rural population with improved sanitation faciltities. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 11 November 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/share-of-rural-population-with-improved-sanitation-faciltities/benin/sierra-leone/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/share-of-rural-population-with-improved-sanitation-faciltities/benin/sierra-leone/">Benin vs Sierra Leone: Share of rural population with improved sanitation faciltities</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of rural population with improved sanitation faciltities
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 4,269 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed