Safely managed sanitation in Nigeria

32.2% of people in Nigeria used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Nigeria, 2024 32.2% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 32.1%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 106th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period NigeriaWorld
2024 32.2% 58.5%
2023 32.1% 57.8%
2022 31.5% 57.0%
2021 30.8% 56.1%
2020 30.1% 55.2%
2019 29.5% 54.2%
2018 28.9% 52.8%
2017 28.3% 51.3%
2016 27.7% 49.9%
2015 27.1% 48.4%
2014 26.6% 46.9%
2013 26.0% 45.5%
2012 25.5% 44.1%
2011 24.9% 42.8%
2010 24.4% 41.5%
2009 23.9% 40.2%
2008 23.5% 38.9%
2007 23.0% 37.6%
2006 22.5% 36.3%
2005 22.1% 35.1%
2004 21.7% 34.0%
2003 21.3% 32.8%
2002 20.9% 31.7%
2001 20.5% 31.7%
2000 20.5% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 32.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 26.6%, the figure has changed by +5.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Nigeria has the 106th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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.SMSS.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