People using at least a basic drinking water source in Benin
Benin: People using at least a basic drinking water source was 10.06 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using at least a basic drinking water source 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 people using at least a basic drinking water source in Benin is 10.06 million people, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least a basic drinking water source in Benin peaked at 10.06 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.41 million people, in 2000.
Benin ranks 87th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.23 million people | 4.41 million people | 6.13 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.47 million people | 6.35 million people | 8.65 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.49 million people | 8.93 million people | 10.06 million 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 people using at least a basic drinking water source in Benin?
- People using at least a basic drinking water source in Benin was 10.06 million 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 people using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 10.06 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.41 million people in 2000.
- How does Benin rank for people using at least a basic drinking water source?
- Benin ranks 87th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using at least a basic drinking water source rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 People using at least a basic drinking water source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of people using an improved drinking water source, which is either available on premises, or collection time is no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.