Sierra Leone Water


Water Precipitation in Sierra Leone

Water Precipitation in depth
2,526 mm/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in depth (mm/year 2017)
Water precipitation in volume
182.6 billion m³/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in volume (billion m³/year 2017)

Water Resources in Sierra Leone

Renewable Water Resources
160 billion m³/year
Total Renewable Water Resources (2017)
Water Resources per Capita
21,172 m³/person/year
Renewable Water per Inhabitant (2017)



Water Use in Sierra Leone

Total, by Sector, and by Year

Notes: Years with missing data left empty.
Water use can include water used and then returned to its source (renewable resource).



People with no access to a safe drinking water source in Sierra Leone

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Don’t have access to safe drinking water
2,632,083 people

37.4%  of the population of Sierra Leone (2015)



See also

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