Safely managed drinking water in Benin

17.7% of people in Benin used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Benin, 2024 17.7% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.2percentage points 2023: 17.5%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 140th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in Benin over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period BeninWorld
2024 17.7% 73.7%
2023 17.5% 72.0%
2022 17.4% 71.5%
2021 17.2% 71.0%
2020 17.1% 70.5%
2019 16.9% 69.9%
2018 16.8% 69.4%
2017 16.6% 68.8%
2016 16.5% 68.2%
2015 16.3% 67.7%
2014 16.2% 67.1%
2013 16.0% 66.5%
2012 15.9% 65.9%
2011 15.7% 65.3%
2010 15.6% 64.8%
2009 15.4% 64.3%
2008 15.3% 63.8%
2007 15.2% 63.4%
2006 15.0% 63.1%
2005 14.9% 62.8%
2004 14.7% 62.5%
2003 14.6% 62.1%
2002 14.4% 61.8%
2001 14.3% 61.5%
2000 14.2% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 17.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 16.2%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Benin has the 140th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Benin
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene