Benin vs Mozambique: Sanitation facilities usage

Benin
6.80 million people
in 2024
Mozambique
5.55 million people
in 2024
Benin rank
13th
Mozambique rank
16th

Sanitation facilities usage over time

  • Benin
  • Mozambique
02.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M200020122024

How they compare

Benin currently reports 6.80 million people against 5.55 million people in Mozambique, a difference of 1.25 million people.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.2 times Mozambique's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Mozambique ahead.

Benin ranks 13th and Mozambique ranks 16th of 232 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Sanitation facilities usage
Unit
people
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
232 places, 5,488 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Open defecation includes defecating in fields, forests, bushes, bodies of water or other open spaces, not using any sanitation facilities.