Benin Water


Water Precipitation in Benin

Water Precipitation in depth
1,039 mm/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in depth (mm/year 2017)
Water precipitation in volume
119.2 billion m³/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in volume (billion m³/year 2017)

Water Resources in Benin

Renewable Water Resources
26 billion m³/year
Total Renewable Water Resources (2017)
Water Resources per Capita
2,361 m³/person/year
Renewable Water per Inhabitant (2017)
Water
Dependency
61%
Water from outside the country (2017)



Water Use in Benin

Total, by Sector, and by Year

Notes: Years with missing data left empty.
Water use can include water used and then returned to its source (renewable resource).



People with no access to a safe drinking water source in Benin

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Don’t have access to safe drinking water
2,510,711 people

22.1%  of the population of Benin (2015)



See also

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