Basic sanitation access in Nigeria

47.9% of people in Nigeria 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
Nigeria, 2024 47.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.2percentage points 2023: 47.7%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 160th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Nigeria 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 NigeriaWorld
2024 47.9% 82.2%
2023 47.7% 81.5%
2022 46.6% 80.4%
2021 45.4% 79.4%
2020 44.4% 78.3%
2019 43.3% 77.2%
2018 42.2% 76.0%
2017 41.2% 74.9%
2016 40.2% 73.8%
2015 39.2% 72.6%
2014 38.3% 71.4%
2013 37.3% 70.2%
2012 36.4% 68.9%
2011 35.5% 67.8%
2010 34.7% 66.7%
2009 33.9% 65.5%
2008 33.1% 64.3%
2007 32.3% 63.1%
2006 31.5% 61.9%
2005 30.8% 60.7%
2004 30.1% 59.6%
2003 29.4% 58.4%
2002 28.7% 57.3%
2001 28.0% 55.6%
2000 28.0% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 47.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 38.3%, the figure has changed by +9.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Nigeria has the 160th 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 Nigeria
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