Benin vs Central African Republic: Share of population using safely managed sanitation

Benin

16.4%

in 2024

Central African Republic

13.5%

in 2024

Benin rank

139th

Central African Republic rank

140th

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

Benin
Central African Republic

How they compare

Benin currently reports 16.4% against 13.5% in Central African Republic, a difference of 2.8%.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.2 times Central African Republic's.

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

Benin ranks 139th and Central African Republic ranks 140th of 150 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator: Share of population using safely managed sanitation
Unit: %
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: 150 places, 3,667 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Proportion of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed in situ or transported and treated off-site.