Mexico vs Nigeria: People using improved sanitation facilities

Mexico
130.86 million people
in 2024
Nigeria
148.39 million people
in 2024
Mexico rank
10th
Nigeria rank
8th

People using improved sanitation facilities over time

  • Mexico
  • Nigeria
050.0M100.0M150.0M200020122024

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 148.39 million people against 130.86 million people in Mexico, a difference of 17.52 million people.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 10th and Nigeria ranks 8th of 232 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People using improved sanitation facilities
Unit
people
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
232 places, 5,597 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Number of people using improved sanitation facilities, regardless of whether they are shared with other households.