Nigeria
Capital: Abuja · Lower middle income · Pop. 232.7 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Nigeria, 29.9% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 163.1 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 32.21% use safely managed sanitation services and 47.9% have at least a basic service (2024).
Nigeria has about 990 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 6% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 44% of Nigeria's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Nigeria have safe drinking water?
29.9% of Nigeria's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 163.1 million people do not.
Does Nigeria have enough freshwater?
Nigeria has roughly 990 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 6% of it annually (low stress).