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Water

Basic drinking water access in Nigeria, based on verified public records.

This page consumes the Data Civic water indicator record endpoint and presents a national-level water-access trend with clear provenance, limitations, and a transparent table of published rows.

% of population2000–present (annual)World Bank Open Data
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

Plain-English summary

Latest verified estimate: 82.25 % in 2024. This reflects a national World Bank population-share series and should be read as country-level service access, not state or LGA infrastructure coverage.

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People using at least basic drinking water services trend

National verified record series from Data Civic. Unit: % of population.

Latest verified point

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

Data limitations

  • This page is based on a national World Bank indicator series exposed by Data Civic, not on state-level or LGA-level water infrastructure records.
  • A country-level percentage does not describe local reliability, distribution networks, or service quality for any individual state or LGA.
  • The page uses verified rows from one public record filter and does not infer missing years or subnational breakdowns.

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