Economy, jobs and prices in Plateau, Benin: official figures

35.7% of people in Plateau lived in a home with electricity (from the grid or off-grid sources such as solar) in 2021-2022, the lowest of the 12 departments (Benin: 56.5%).

How many homes in Plateau have internet?

17.6% of households in Plateau had internet access at home in 2021-2022, the lowest of the 12 departments (Benin: 34.4%).

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

What fuel do households in Plateau cook with?

2.4% of households in Plateau cooked mainly with clean fuels and technologies (such as gas or electricity) in 2021-2022, 5th highest of the 12 departments (Benin: 7.1%); most others cook with wood, charcoal or other polluting fuels.

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Do people in Plateau have safe drinking water?

81.1% of people in Plateau used at least a basic drinking water service (an improved source within a 30-minute round trip) in 2021-2022, 4th highest of the 12 departments (Benin: 72.2%).

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

How many people in Plateau have a toilet?

19.1% of people in Plateau used an improved toilet not shared with other households (basic sanitation) in 2021-2022, and 41.6% had no toilet at all and used the bush or fields; the open-defecation rate is 5th lowest of the 12 departments (Benin: 20.0% and 47.9%).

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

How Plateau compares with other departments

Household members with electricity at home (2021-22)

Plateau ranks 12 of 12, highest first.

Rank	Region	Household members with electricity at home
6	Zou	60.5%
7	Atacora	56.0%
8	Borgou	49.8%
9	Couffo	47.7%
10	Alibori	44.6%
11	Mono	44.0%
12	Plateau	35.7%

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Household population using at least basic drinking water (2021-22)

Plateau ranks 4 of 12, highest first.

Rank	Region	Household population using at least basic drinking water
1	Littoral	98.1%
2	Collines	83.9%
3	Zou	81.6%
4	Plateau	81.1%
5	Atlantique	79.9%
6	Ouémé	77.8%
7	Mono	74.1%

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

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Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP): Enquête par grappes à indicateurs multiples (MICS6-Bénin) 2021-2022, Rapport des résultats de l'enquête (revised December 2023): department rows of Tables SR.2.1, SR.2.3, SR.6.1W, CS.2, TM.2.1, TM.3.3, TM.4.2, TM.6.1, TM.6.2, TC.1.2, TC.6.7, TC.8.1, LN.2.3, LN.2.7, LN.4.1, PR.1.1, PR.2.1, PR.3.3, PR.4.1W, PR.7.1W, WS.1.2, WS.3.2 and DV.2.2, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b47fa901f5ed…)

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