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Nigeria: People using at least basic drinking water services, rural

66.55percent · 2024+29.8% since 2014

The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water. Annual figures for Nigeria from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202466.551
202365.222
202263.63
202162.05
202060.48
201958.921
201857.373
201755.836
201654.31
201552.795
201451.291
201349.798
201248.316
201146.844
201045.384
200943.934
200842.496
200741.068
200639.651
200538.245
200436.851
200335.466
200234.093
200132.731
200031.522

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). People using at least basic drinking water services, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-at-least-basic-drinking-water-services (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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