Benin vs Guinea-Bissau: Share of population not using improved drinking water sources

Benin
23.0%
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
23.3%
in 2024
Benin rank
13th
Guinea-Bissau rank
12th

Share of population not using improved drinking water sources over time

  • Benin
  • Guinea-Bissau
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How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 23.3% against 23.0% in Benin, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Benin ranks 13th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 12th of 231 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of population not using improved drinking water sources
Unit
%
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
231 places, 5,586 data points, 2000–2024
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Proportion of people not using improved drinking water sources. These people might use surface water sources or unprotected springs or wells, as no safe and reliable improved drinking water source is available to them.