Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Niger

Access to basic sanitation in Niger in 2024 — 16.3%. Ranked 187 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 9.8 pp.

2024 16.3% +0.5 pp vs 2023
World rank 187of 193
Period maximum 16.3%2024
Period minimum 6.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Niger, 2000–202457.51012.51517.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 6.5%2001: 6.9%2002: 7.3%2003: 7.7%2004: 8.1%2005: 8.5%2006: 8.9%2007: 9.3%2008: 9.7%2009: 10.1%2010: 10.5%2011: 10.9%2012: 11.3%2013: 11.7%2014: 12.1%2015: 12.5%2016: 12.9%2017: 13.3%2018: 13.7%2019: 14.1%2020: 14.5%2021: 15%2022: 15.4%2023: 15.9%2024: 16.3%
Change over the period: +9.8 pp Annual average: 0.41 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Niger

Niger 16.3%
World 82.2%
Western Africa computed 41.6%
Low-income countries computed 33.1%
Access to basic sanitation — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 16.3 +0.5 pp
2023 15.9 +0.5 pp
2022 15.4 +0.4 pp
2021 15 +0.4 pp
2020 14.5 +0.4 pp
2019 14.1 +0.4 pp
2018 13.7 +0.4 pp
2017 13.3 +0.4 pp
2016 12.9 +0.4 pp
2015 12.5 +0.4 pp
2014 12.1 +0.4 pp
2013 11.7 +0.4 pp
2012 11.3 +0.4 pp
2011 10.9 +0.4 pp
2010 10.5 +0.4 pp
2009 10.1 +0.4 pp
2008 9.7 +0.4 pp
2007 9.3 +0.4 pp
2006 8.9 +0.4 pp
2005 8.5 +0.4 pp
2004 8.1 +0.4 pp
2003 7.7 +0.4 pp
2002 7.3 +0.4 pp
2001 6.9 +0.4 pp
2000 6.5

About the indicator

The share of the population using improved sanitation facilities not shared with other households: sewerage, septic tanks, improved pit latrines. Alongside access to clean water this is the basic condition for reducing child mortality from intestinal infections.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.