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Water intelligence

Access to drinking water is not the same as reliable water service.

The verified public series on this page measures national access to at least basic drinking-water services. It is useful for understanding broad progress, but it does not tell us whether a household receives water every day, what the local network condition is, or how service differs by state.

% of population2000–present (annual)National scopeWorld Bank Open Data
Current question

What share of people nationally use at least basic drinking-water services? That is the question this dataset can answer today.

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)

2024

82.25 %

Up 1.17 percentage points since 2023.

Source

World Bank Open Data

Interpretation

National access signal

This measure is strongest as a country-level access indicator. It should not be stretched into claims about pressure, intermittency, pipe condition, water quality, or state-level performance.

What we know

Access

The public record estimates the share of Nigeria's population using at least basic drinking-water services.

What we need

Reliability

A stronger service view would require verified data on continuity, outages, pressure, supply hours, or household service frequency.

What we cannot infer

Local performance

National access percentages cannot be used to describe an individual state, LGA, neighbourhood, utility, or household.

Trend

People using at least basic drinking water services

Verified national series · Unit: % of population

Latest

82.25 %

2024

National trend chart for people using at least basic drinking water services in Nigeria
National trend chart for people using at least basic drinking water services in NigeriaNational trend from 2000 to 2024. Latest value 82.25 %.2000: 44.48 %2001: 45.77 %2002: 47.32 %2003: 48.89 %2004: 50.46 %2005: 52.04 %2006: 53.63 %2007: 55.22 %2008: 56.83 %2009: 58.43 %2010: 60.04 %2011: 61.66 %2012: 63.27 %2013: 64.89 %2014: 66.5 %2015: 68.12 %2016: 69.74 %2017: 71.36 %2018: 72.98 %2019: 74.6 %2020: 76.22 %2021: 77.84 %2022: 79.46 %2023: 81.08 %2024: 82.25 %2000202482.2544.48
Scope and limitations
  • This is a national World Bank indicator series exposed by Data Civic, not state- or LGA-level water infrastructure data.
  • A national access percentage does not measure local service reliability, distribution-network condition, pressure, water quality, affordability, or outage frequency.
  • The page uses only verified published rows and does not infer missing years or subnational values.
View raw water record table

Basic drinking water services record series

Latest verified observation: 2024 from World Bank Open Data.

25 total rows

YearGeographyValueIndicator codeSource
2024Nigeria82.25 %SH.H2O.BASW.ZSWorld Bank Open Data
2023Nigeria81.08 %SH.H2O.BASW.ZSWorld Bank Open Data
2022Nigeria79.46 %SH.H2O.BASW.ZSWorld Bank Open Data
2021Nigeria77.84 %SH.H2O.BASW.ZSWorld Bank Open Data
2020Nigeria76.22 %SH.H2O.BASW.ZSWorld Bank Open Data
2019Nigeria74.6 %SH.H2O.BASW.ZSWorld Bank Open Data
2018Nigeria72.98 %SH.H2O.BASW.ZSWorld Bank Open Data
2017Nigeria71.36 %SH.H2O.BASW.ZSWorld Bank Open Data
2016Nigeria69.74 %SH.H2O.BASW.ZSWorld Bank Open Data
2015Nigeria68.12 %SH.H2O.BASW.ZSWorld Bank Open Data
2014Nigeria66.5 %SH.H2O.BASW.ZSWorld Bank Open Data
2013Nigeria64.89 %SH.H2O.BASW.ZSWorld Bank Open Data
2012Nigeria63.27 %SH.H2O.BASW.ZSWorld Bank Open Data
2011Nigeria61.66 %SH.H2O.BASW.ZSWorld Bank Open Data
2010Nigeria60.04 %SH.H2O.BASW.ZSWorld Bank Open Data