Safely managed sanitation in Burkina Faso

24.7% of people in Burkina Faso 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
Burkina Faso, 2024 24.7% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 24.0%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 118th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Burkina FasoWorld
2024 24.7% 58.5%
2023 24.0% 57.8%
2022 23.2% 57.0%
2021 22.3% 56.1%
2020 21.4% 55.2%
2019 20.6% 54.2%
2018 19.7% 52.8%
2017 18.9% 51.3%
2016 18.0% 49.9%
2015 17.2% 48.4%
2014 16.4% 46.9%
2013 15.5% 45.5%
2012 14.7% 44.1%
2011 13.9% 42.8%
2010 13.1% 41.5%
2009 12.3% 40.2%
2008 11.6% 38.9%
2007 10.8% 37.6%
2006 10.0% 36.3%
2005 9.2% 35.1%
2004 8.4% 34.0%
2003 7.6% 32.8%
2002 6.9% 31.7%
2001 6.1% 31.7%
2000 5.9% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 24.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 16.4%, the figure has changed by +8.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Burkina Faso has the 118th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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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.SMSS.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