Technical Paper: Budget Analysis of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene coverage in Benin

Over the years 2017-2021 of the national strategies for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in rural areas, the Benin government showed commitment to providing and making basic drinking water, hygiene and sanitation services accessible through an 83 per cent increase in allocation of financial resources to the WASH sector. Despite these encouraging increases, Benin’s commitment to provide universal coverage of drinking water to the population by 2021 has not yetbeen achieved. In 2021, 30 per cent of the Beninese population still lacked access to basic drinking water.