Safely managed sanitation in Benin

16.4% of people in Benin used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Benin, 2024 16.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.5percentage points 2023: 15.9%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 131st of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period BeninWorld
2024 16.4% 58.5%
2023 15.9% 57.8%
2022 15.4% 57.0%
2021 14.9% 56.1%
2020 14.4% 55.2%
2019 14.0% 54.2%
2018 13.5% 52.8%
2017 13.0% 51.3%
2016 12.6% 49.9%
2015 12.2% 48.4%
2014 11.7% 46.9%
2013 11.3% 45.5%
2012 10.9% 44.1%
2011 10.5% 42.8%
2010 10.1% 41.5%
2009 9.7% 40.2%
2008 9.3% 38.9%
2007 8.8% 37.6%
2006 8.4% 36.3%
2005 8.0% 35.1%
2004 7.7% 34.0%
2003 7.3% 32.8%
2002 6.9% 31.7%
2001 6.6% 31.7%
2000 6.2% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 15.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 11.7%, the figure has changed by +4.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Benin has the 131st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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.STA.SMSS.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