Nigeria vs Senegal

Nigeria vs Senegal: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 29% in Nigeria and 26.7% in Senegal, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 2.3 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Senegal.

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Change since 2000, percentage points · WHO/UNICEF

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Nigeria vs Senegal: Safe drinking waterSafe drinking water in 2022: 29% in Nigeria and 26.7% in Senegal, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 2.3 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Senegal.
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Latest figures

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2022
Nigeria29 202223.2117 of 135
Senegal26.7 202223.6119 of 135
World72.9 202267.1

What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Senegal.
  • In 2022, Nigeria ranked 117 and Senegal ranked 119 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 72.9% in 2022.

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

YearNigeriaSenegalWorld
20222926.772.9
202128.426.472.5
202027.926.172.3
201927.325.871.7
201826.725.471
201726.125.170.4
201625.624.869.7
20152524.569.1
201424.424.268.4
201323.823.967.7
201223.223.667.1
201122.223.366.4
201021.22365.9
200920.222.765.4
200819.222.364.9
200718.22264.6
200617.321.764
200516.421.463.7
200415.521.163
200314.620.862.4
200213.820.561.8
20011320.361.1
200012.62060.8

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