People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4 in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4 was 26.1% in 2017. ▲ Rising
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4 in Burkina Faso, 2000–2017
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 26.1% for people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q4 in 2017. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 57.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q4 in Burkina Faso peaked at 26.1% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 2000.
That places Burkina Faso 84th out of 97 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4 in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.3% | — |
| 2001 | 10.3% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 11.3% | +10.2% |
| 2003 | 12.4% | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 13.4% | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 14.5% | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 15.5% | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 16.6% | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 17.7% | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 18.7% | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 19.8% | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 20.8% | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 21.9% | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 22.9% | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 24.0% | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 25.0% | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 26.1% | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 26.1% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.1% | 10.3% | 18.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.3% | 19.8% | 26.1% | 8 |
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More health data for Burkina Faso
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.67 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8925 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,142 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 13,085 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 50-54, male, annual growth rate 4.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, per capita 0.0134 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, female, annual growth rate 3.2 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q4 in Burkina Faso?
- People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q4 in Burkina Faso was 26.1% in 2017, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).
- What is the highest people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q4 recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 26.1% in 2016.
- What is the lowest people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q4 recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 2000.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q4?
- Burkina Faso ranks 84th out of 97 countries with data for 2017.
- Is people using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): q4 rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org), published as part of People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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