Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Benin

Access to basic sanitation in Benin in 2024 — 22.2%. Ranked 186 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.7 pp.

2024 22.2% +0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 186of 193
Period maximum 22.2%2024
Period minimum 8.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Benin, 2000–20245101520252000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 8.5%2001: 8.9%2002: 9.4%2003: 9.8%2004: 10.3%2005: 10.8%2006: 11.3%2007: 11.8%2008: 12.3%2009: 12.9%2010: 13.4%2011: 14%2012: 14.5%2013: 15.1%2014: 15.7%2015: 16.3%2016: 16.9%2017: 17.6%2018: 18.2%2019: 18.8%2020: 19.5%2021: 20.2%2022: 20.9%2023: 21.5%2024: 22.2%
Change over the period: +13.7 pp Annual average: 0.57 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 22.2%
World 82.2%
Western Africa computed 41.6%
Access to basic sanitation — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 22.2 +0.7 pp
2023 21.5 +0.7 pp
2022 20.9 +0.7 pp
2021 20.2 +0.7 pp
2020 19.5 +0.7 pp
2019 18.8 +0.6 pp
2018 18.2 +0.6 pp
2017 17.6 +0.6 pp
2016 16.9 +0.6 pp
2015 16.3 +0.6 pp
2014 15.7 +0.6 pp
2013 15.1 +0.6 pp
2012 14.5 +0.6 pp
2011 14 +0.6 pp
2010 13.4 +0.5 pp
2009 12.9 +0.5 pp
2008 12.3 +0.5 pp
2007 11.8 +0.5 pp
2006 11.3 +0.5 pp
2005 10.8 +0.5 pp
2004 10.3 +0.5 pp
2003 9.8 +0.5 pp
2002 9.4 +0.4 pp
2001 8.9 +0.4 pp
2000 8.5

About the indicator

The share of the population using improved sanitation facilities not shared with other households: sewerage, septic tanks, improved pit latrines. Alongside access to clean water this is the basic condition for reducing child mortality from intestinal infections.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.