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Benin: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban

15.80percent · 2024+36.1% since 2014

The percentage of people living in households that have a handwashing facility with soap and water available on the premises. Handwashing facilities may be fixed or mobile and include a sink with tap water, buckets with taps, tippy-taps, and jugs or basins designated for handwashing. Soap includes bar soap, liquid soap, powder detergent, and soapy water but does not include ash, soil, sand or other handwashing agents. Annual figures for Benin from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202415.802
202315.383
202214.964
202114.544
202014.125
201913.706
201813.287
201712.867
201612.448
201512.029
201411.61
201311.19
201210.771
201110.352
20109.933
20099.513
20089.094
20078.675
20068.256
20057.836
20047.417
20036.998
20026.579
20016.159
20005.74

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-with-basic-handwashing-facilities-including-soap-and-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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