Safely managed drinking water in Nigeria

29.9% of people in Nigeria used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Nigeria, 2024 29.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.4percentage points 2023: 29.5%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 128th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water 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 safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period NigeriaWorld
2024 29.9% 73.7%
2023 29.5% 72.0%
2022 28.9% 71.5%
2021 28.4% 71.0%
2020 27.8% 70.5%
2019 27.2% 69.9%
2018 26.7% 69.4%
2017 26.1% 68.8%
2016 25.5% 68.2%
2015 24.9% 67.7%
2014 24.4% 67.1%
2013 23.8% 66.5%
2012 23.2% 65.9%
2011 22.2% 65.3%
2010 21.2% 64.8%
2009 20.2% 64.3%
2008 19.2% 63.8%
2007 18.2% 63.4%
2006 17.3% 63.1%
2005 16.4% 62.8%
2004 15.5% 62.5%
2003 14.6% 62.1%
2002 13.8% 61.8%
2001 13.0% 61.5%
2000 12.6% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 29.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 24.4%, the figure has changed by +5.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Nigeria has the 128th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

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.H2O.SMDW.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