Madagascar vs Nigeria

Madagascar vs Nigeria: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 22.2% in Madagascar and 29% in Nigeria, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 6.7 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in Madagascar.

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% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Madagascar vs Nigeria: Safe drinking waterSafe drinking water in 2022: 22.2% in Madagascar and 29% in Nigeria, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 6.7 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in Madagascar.
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What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
  • In 2022, Madagascar ranked 122 and Nigeria ranked 117 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 72.9% in 2022.

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

YearMadagascarNigeriaWorld
202222.22972.9
202121.528.472.5
202020.827.972.3
201920.127.371.7
201819.426.771
201718.726.170.4
20161825.669.7
201517.42569.1
201416.824.468.4
201316.123.867.7
201215.323.267.1
201114.522.266.4
201013.721.265.9
200912.920.265.4
200812.119.264.9
200711.418.264.6
200610.617.364
20059.916.463.7
20049.315.563
20038.614.662.4
20028.113.861.8
20017.51361.1
20006.912.660.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
  • Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

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