Which has higher sanitation facilities usage, Nigeria or Tanzania, United Republic of?

Nigeria, at 32.2% against 28.5% in Tanzania, United Republic of as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Tanzania, United Republic of?

25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Sanitation facilities usage. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Nigeria vs Tanzania, United Republic of: Sanitation facilities usage

Nigeria

32.2%

in 2024

Tanzania, United Republic of

28.5%

in 2024

Nigeria rank

114th

Tanzania, United Republic of rank

117th

Sanitation facilities usage over time

Nigeria
Tanzania, United Republic of

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 32.2% against 28.5% in Tanzania, United Republic of, a difference of 3.7%.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Tanzania, United Republic of's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.

Nigeria ranks 114th and Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 117th of 150 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Tanzania, United Republic of	Difference	Ahead
2000s	22.0%	8.5%	13.5%	Nigeria
2010s	26.9%	19.5%	7.4%	Nigeria
2020s	31.3%	26.5%	4.9%	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sanitation facilities usage, Nigeria or Tanzania, United Republic of?: Nigeria, at 32.2% against 28.5% in Tanzania, United Republic of as of 2024.
What is the difference in sanitation facilities usage between Nigeria and Tanzania, United Republic of?: 3.7%, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Tanzania, United Republic of?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Tanzania, United Republic of rank globally for sanitation facilities usage?: Nigeria ranks 114th and Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 117th of 150 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Sanitation facilities usage. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Nigeria vs Tanzania, United Republic of: Sanitation facilities usage. Statizoid, drawing on WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/share-of-the-population-with-access-to-sanitation-facilities/nigeria/tanzania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/share-of-the-population-with-access-to-sanitation-facilities/nigeria/tanzania/">Nigeria vs Tanzania, United Republic of: Sanitation facilities usage</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Sanitation facilities usage
Unit: %
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: 150 places, 3,667 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Proportion of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed in situ or transported and treated off-site.