Niger
Capital: Niamey · Low income · Pop. 27.0 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT)
Sanitation tracks closely: 9.15% use safely managed sanitation services and 16.34% have at least a basic service (2024).
Niger has about 138 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year — below the ~1,000 m³ threshold widely used to define water scarcity. It withdraws the equivalent of 74% of those internal resources annually (medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 91% of Niger's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Niger have safe drinking water?
Comprehensive safely-managed drinking-water data is not available for Niger; basic-service estimates may exist.
Does Niger have enough freshwater?
Niger has roughly 138 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 74% of it annually (medium stress).