Nigeria vs Uganda

Nigeria vs Uganda: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 29% in Nigeria and 18.7% in Uganda, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 10.3 percentage points, or 1.55 times that in Uganda.

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% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Nigeria vs Uganda: Safe drinking waterSafe drinking water in 2022: 29% in Nigeria and 18.7% in Uganda, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 10.3 percentage points, or 1.55 times that in Uganda.
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What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
  • In 2022, Nigeria ranked 117 and Uganda ranked 124 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 72.9% in 2022.

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

YearNigeriaUgandaWorld
20222918.772.9
202128.417.772.5
202027.916.872.3
201927.315.871.7
201826.714.971
201726.11470.4
201625.613.169.7
20152512.369.1
201424.411.568.4
201323.810.767.7
201223.29.967.1
201122.29.166.4
201021.28.465.9
200920.27.765.4
200819.2764.9
200718.26.364.6
200617.35.764
200516.4563.7
200415.54.463
200314.63.862.4
200213.83.361.8
2001132.761.1
200012.62.360.8

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.

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