Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Nigeria

Safely managed sanitation in Nigeria in 2024 — 32.2%. Ranked 106 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 11.7 pp.

2024 32.2% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 106of 141
Period maximum 32.2%2024
Period minimum 20.5%2001

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Nigeria, 2000–2024202530352000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 20.5%2001: 20.5%2002: 20.9%2003: 21.3%2004: 21.7%2005: 22.1%2006: 22.5%2007: 23%2008: 23.5%2009: 23.9%2010: 24.4%2011: 24.9%2012: 25.5%2013: 26%2014: 26.6%2015: 27.1%2016: 27.7%2017: 28.3%2018: 28.9%2019: 29.5%2020: 30.1%2021: 30.8%2022: 31.5%2023: 32.1%2024: 32.2%
Change over the period: +11.7 pp Annual average: 0.49 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Nigeria 32.2%
World 58.5%
Western Africa computed 26.8%
Safely managed sanitation — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 32.2 +0.1 pp
2023 32.1 +0.7 pp
2022 31.5 +0.7 pp
2021 30.8 +0.6 pp
2020 30.1 +0.6 pp
2019 29.5 +0.6 pp
2018 28.9 +0.6 pp
2017 28.3 +0.6 pp
2016 27.7 +0.6 pp
2015 27.1 +0.6 pp
2014 26.6 +0.5 pp
2013 26 +0.5 pp
2012 25.5 +0.5 pp
2011 24.9 +0.5 pp
2010 24.4 +0.5 pp
2009 23.9 +0.5 pp
2008 23.5 +0.5 pp
2007 23 +0.5 pp
2006 22.5 +0.4 pp
2005 22.1 +0.4 pp
2004 21.7 +0.4 pp
2003 21.3 +0.4 pp
2002 20.9 +0.4 pp
2001 20.5 −0 pp
2000 20.5

About the indicator

The share of the population with safely managed sanitation — the top rung of the WHO and UNICEF ladder. Having a separate toilet is not enough: the waste must either be treated on the spot or removed and treated elsewhere. It is the second condition that makes the indicator far more demanding than basic sanitation: in many large cities almost everyone has a toilet, but there are no treatment facilities for the whole volume of wastewater, and by this measure a country turns out to be noticeably lower.

Important: It accounts not only for the presence of a toilet but also for the fate of the wastewater, so the values are substantially lower than those of basic sanitation.

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