Share using safely managed drinking water in Benin
Benin: Share using safely managed drinking water was 17.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share using safely managed drinking water 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 %.
Analysis
In 2024, share using safely managed drinking water in Benin stood at 17.7%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share using safely managed drinking water in Benin peaked at 17.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.2%, in 2000.
That places Benin 155th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 14.8% | 14.2% | 15.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.3% | 15.6% | 16.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.4% | 17.1% | 17.7% | 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 share using safely managed drinking water in Benin?
- Share using safely managed drinking water in Benin was 17.7% 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 share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 17.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.2% in 2000.
- How does Benin rank for share using safely managed drinking water?
- Benin ranks 155th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share using safely managed drinking water rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. 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 Share using safely managed drinking water. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.