Basic sanitation access in Niger

16.3% of people in Niger used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Niger, 2024 16.3% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.5percentage points 2023: 15.9%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 187th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Niger over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Niger
2024 16.3%
2023 15.9%
2022 15.4%
2021 15.0%
2020 14.5%
2019 14.1%
2018 13.7%
2017 13.3%
2016 12.9%
2015 12.5%
2014 12.1%
2013 11.7%
2012 11.3%
2011 10.9%
2010 10.5%
2009 10.1%
2008 9.7%
2007 9.3%
2006 8.9%
2005 8.5%
2004 8.1%
2003 7.7%
2002 7.3%
2001 6.9%
2000 6.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 15.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 12.1%, the figure has changed by +4.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Niger has the 187th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.BASS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Niger
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene