Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Benin
Benin: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 70 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Benin, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Benin stood at 70 %. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Benin peaked at 70 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 61 %, in 2000.
Benin ranks 179th of 201 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 62.7 % | 61 % | 64 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.5 % | 65 % | 68 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 69 % | 68 % | 70 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 177 Solomon Islands 72 % compare
- 178 Cameroon 71 % compare
- 180 Angola 68 % compare
- 180 Sierra Leone 68 % compare
- 182 Mozambique 67 % compare
- 182 Zimbabwe 67 % compare
More environment data for Benin
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.56 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 24.33 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 200 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 4.88 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 11.31 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 550 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 13.74 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 668.34 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 74.95 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 3,646 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Benin?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Benin was 70 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 70 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 61 % in 2000.
- How does Benin rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Benin ranks 179th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.