Basic sanitation access in Burkina Faso

31.8% of people in Burkina Faso used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Burkina Faso, 2024 31.8% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.9percentage points 2023: 30.9%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 177th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Burkina Faso 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 at least basic sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Burkina FasoWorld
2024 31.8% 82.2%
2023 30.9% 81.5%
2022 29.9% 80.4%
2021 28.8% 79.4%
2020 27.8% 78.3%
2019 26.7% 77.2%
2018 25.7% 76.0%
2017 24.7% 74.9%
2016 23.6% 73.8%
2015 22.6% 72.6%
2014 21.6% 71.4%
2013 20.6% 70.2%
2012 19.6% 68.9%
2011 18.7% 67.8%
2010 17.7% 66.7%
2009 16.8% 65.5%
2008 15.8% 64.3%
2007 14.9% 63.1%
2006 14.0% 61.9%
2005 13.0% 60.7%
2004 12.0% 59.6%
2003 11.0% 58.4%
2002 10.1% 57.3%
2001 9.1% 55.6%
2000 8.8% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 30.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 21.6%, the figure has changed by +10.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Burkina Faso has the 177th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.

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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.BASS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Burkina Faso
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