Benchmarking WASH Trajectories in Africa: A Comparative Assessment of Six Country Archetypes (2000–2022)[Analyse comparative des trajectoires WASH en Afrique : Évaluation de six archétypes nationaux (2000–2022)]

This dataset and analytical report provide a comparative assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) trajectories across six African countries—Rwanda, Senegal, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Mozambique and Madagascar—over the 2000–2022 period. Using harmonized WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) indicators, World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI) economic data, and UN DESA population estimates, the analysis generates a coherent cross-country benchmark to assess progress, gaps, rural–urban disparities and structural constraints relevant for SDG 6 alignment. The accompanying report synthesizes long-term WASH trends, annual progress rates, sanitation bottlenecks, rural–urban disparities, and differences in performance relative to GDP per capita. A simple costing model provides indicative investment requirements for closing rural basic water gaps in 2022. The nine figures included in this repository document the comparative context, trends, progress rates, SDG trajectory gaps, structural drivers and summary quadrant combining progress and residual deficits. Key findings show that:• all six countries improved WASH access over 2000–2022;• progress rates remain below the pace required to meet SDG 6 by 2030;• sanitation is structurally weaker than drinking water;• rural areas remain the dominant source of national deficits;• income levels do not consistently predict WASH performance;• Madagascar and Côte d'Ivoire show the most severe "low progress / high gap" combination;• Rwanda exhibits an atypical rural sanitation trajectory surpassing urban levels. This repository includes the full analytical report (PDF), the harmonized dataset used in the analysis (CSV), and high-resolution versions of all nine figures (PNG). The materials are intended to support further research, peer review, sector diagnostics and policy discussions related to WASH progress and SDG 6 in Africa.