Share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitatio in Niger

Niger: Share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitatio was 5.97 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
5.97
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
96th
of 100 countries
All-time high
5.97
in 2024
All-time low
2.01
in 2000
Years of data
25
2000–2024

Share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitatio in Niger, 2000–2024

234562000201220242000: 22001: 2.22002: 2.52003: 2.72004: 2.92005: 3.12006: 3.32007: 3.52008: 3.72009: 3.92010: 4.12011: 4.32012: 4.52013: 4.62014: 4.82015: 4.92016: 5.12017: 5.22018: 5.42019: 5.52020: 5.62021: 5.72022: 5.82023: 5.92024: 6

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Niger recorded 5.97 for share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitatio in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 24.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitatio in Niger peaked at 5.97 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.01, in 2000.

That places Niger 96th out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitatio in Niger, year by year

Annual values for Share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitation services in Niger, 2000 to 2024.
Year Value Change
2000 2.01
2001 2.23 +11.0%
2002 2.45 +9.9%
2003 2.67 +9.0%
2004 2.89 +8.3%
2005 3.1 +7.0%
2006 3.3 +6.5%
2007 3.5 +6.0%
2008 3.7 +5.6%
2009 3.89 +5.3%
2010 4.08 +4.9%
2011 4.27 +4.6%
2012 4.46 +4.4%
2013 4.64 +4.1%
2014 4.8 +3.3%
2015 4.94 +3.1%
2016 5.09 +2.9%
2017 5.22 +2.7%
2018 5.35 +2.5%
2019 5.48 +2.3%
2020 5.59 +2.2%
2021 5.71 +2.0%
2022 5.81 +1.8%
2023 5.89 +1.4%
2024 5.97 +1.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 2.97 2.01 3.89 10
2010s 4.83 4.08 5.48 10
2020s 5.79 5.59 5.97 5

Countries ranked near Niger

  1. 93 Sierra Leone 10.78 compare
  2. 94 Benin 10.75 compare
  3. 95 Madagascar 10.03 compare
  4. 97 Central African Republic 5.71 compare
  5. 98 Ethiopia 4.68 compare
  6. 99 Chad 4.22 compare

See the full ranking of 100 places →

More population data for Niger

All data for Niger →

Frequently asked questions

What is share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitatio in Niger?
Share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitatio in Niger was 5.97 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitatio recorded in Niger?
The highest recorded value was 5.97 in 2024.
What is the lowest share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitatio recorded in Niger?
The lowest recorded value was 2.01 in 2000.
How does Niger rank for share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitatio?
Niger ranks 96th out of 100 countries with data for 2024.
Is share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitatio rising or falling in Niger?
Over the last ten years it is up 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Niger data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitation services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitatio in Niger. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 28 August 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-the-urban-and-rural-population-using-safely-managed-sanitation-services/niger/

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/stat/share-of-the-urban-and-rural-population-using-safely-managed-sanitation-services/niger/">Share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitatio in Niger</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of the urban and rural population using safely managed sanitation services
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
100 places, 2,464 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed