Nigeria - Access to safely managed sanitation services

People using safely managed sanitation services, rural (% of rural population)

People using safely managed sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) in Nigeria was 25.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 25.59 in 2020, while its lowest value was 21.86 in 2001.

Definition: The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 21.93
2001 21.86
2002 22.05
2003 22.25
2004 22.46
2005 22.66
2006 22.87
2007 23.07
2008 23.27
2009 23.47
2010 23.67
2011 23.87
2012 24.06
2013 24.26
2014 24.45
2015 24.65
2016 24.84
2017 25.03
2018 25.21
2019 25.40
2020 25.59

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population)

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Nigeria was 35.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 35.06 in 2020, while its lowest value was 20.12 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 20.12
2001 20.30
2002 20.99
2003 21.70
2004 22.42
2005 23.14
2006 23.87
2007 24.61
2008 25.36
2009 26.12
2010 26.89
2011 27.67
2012 28.45
2013 29.25
2014 30.05
2015 30.86
2016 31.69
2017 32.52
2018 33.36
2019 34.20
2020 35.06

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Nigeria was 30.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 30.51 in 2020, while its lowest value was 21.30 in 2001.

Definition: The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

See also:

Year Value
2000 21.30
2001 21.30
2002 21.66
2003 22.05
2004 22.44
2005 22.85
2006 23.27
2007 23.70
2008 24.14
2009 24.60
2010 25.07
2011 25.55
2012 26.05
2013 26.56
2014 27.08
2015 27.62
2016 28.17
2017 28.74
2018 29.31
2019 29.90
2020 30.51

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention