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Nigeria: People using safely managed drinking water services, rural

22.39percent · 2024+38.4% since 2014

The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. 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
202422.39
202321.943
202221.263
202120.593
202019.932
201919.281
201818.64
201718.009
201617.387
201516.775
201416.172
201315.579
201214.996
201114.423
201013.859
200913.305
200812.761
200712.226
200611.701
200511.186
200410.68
200310.184
20029.698
20019.222
20008.881

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People using safely managed drinking water services, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-safely-managed-drinking-water-services-rural (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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