Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Benin

Safely managed sanitation in Benin in 2024 — 16.4%. Ranked 131 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.1 pp.

2024 16.4% +0.5 pp vs 2023
World rank 131of 141
Period maximum 16.4%2024
Period minimum 6.2%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Benin, 2000–202451015202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 6.2%2001: 6.6%2002: 6.9%2003: 7.3%2004: 7.7%2005: 8%2006: 8.4%2007: 8.8%2008: 9.3%2009: 9.7%2010: 10.1%2011: 10.5%2012: 10.9%2013: 11.3%2014: 11.7%2015: 12.2%2016: 12.6%2017: 13%2018: 13.5%2019: 14%2020: 14.4%2021: 14.9%2022: 15.4%2023: 15.9%2024: 16.4%
Change over the period: +10.1 pp Annual average: 0.42 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Benin 16.4%
World 58.5%
Western Africa computed 26.8%
Safely managed sanitation — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 16.4 +0.5 pp
2023 15.9 +0.5 pp
2022 15.4 +0.5 pp
2021 14.9 +0.5 pp
2020 14.4 +0.5 pp
2019 14 +0.5 pp
2018 13.5 +0.5 pp
2017 13 +0.4 pp
2016 12.6 +0.4 pp
2015 12.2 +0.4 pp
2014 11.7 +0.4 pp
2013 11.3 +0.4 pp
2012 10.9 +0.4 pp
2011 10.5 +0.4 pp
2010 10.1 +0.4 pp
2009 9.7 +0.4 pp
2008 9.3 +0.4 pp
2007 8.8 +0.4 pp
2006 8.4 +0.4 pp
2005 8 +0.4 pp
2004 7.7 +0.4 pp
2003 7.3 +0.4 pp
2002 6.9 +0.3 pp
2001 6.6 +0.3 pp
2000 6.2

About the indicator

The share of the population with safely managed sanitation — the top rung of the WHO and UNICEF ladder. Having a separate toilet is not enough: the waste must either be treated on the spot or removed and treated elsewhere. It is the second condition that makes the indicator far more demanding than basic sanitation: in many large cities almost everyone has a toilet, but there are no treatment facilities for the whole volume of wastewater, and by this measure a country turns out to be noticeably lower.

Important: It accounts not only for the presence of a toilet but also for the fate of the wastewater, so the values are substantially lower than those of basic sanitation.

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