Drinking water services in Benin
Benin: Drinking water services was 370,932 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in Benin, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for drinking water services in Benin is 370,932 people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 9.0% on the previous year and down 43.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Benin peaked at 795,729 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 370,932 people, in 2024.
Benin ranks 47th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 770,562 people | 731,740 people | 795,729 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 636,813 people | 535,740 people | 718,645 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 440,501 people | 370,932 people | 506,476 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Benin
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 17.77 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.23 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.77 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.7055 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0019 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 7.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0384 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Benin?
- Drinking water services in Benin was 370,932 people in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest drinking water services recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 795,729 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 370,932 people in 2024.
- How does Benin rank for drinking water services?
- Benin ranks 47th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Drinking water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.