Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Niger
Niger: Share of population not using improved drinking water sources was 29.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Niger, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Niger recorded 29.8% for share of population not using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and down 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Niger peaked at 57.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 29.8%, in 2024.
That places Niger 8th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.1% | 47.1% | 57.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.9% | 35.7% | 46.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.2% | 29.8% | 34.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 5 Chad 35.2% compare
- 6 Equatorial Guinea 32.4% compare
- 7 Eritrea 30.6% compare
- 9 Kenya 25.6% compare
- 10 Mozambique 24.7% compare
- 11 Sierra Leone 24.4% compare
More environment data for Niger
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 41.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.52 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 24.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.4738 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 27.27 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Niger?
- Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Niger was 29.8% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of population not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 57.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of population not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.8% in 2024.
- How does Niger rank for share of population not using improved drinking water sources?
- Niger ranks 8th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of population not using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people not using improved drinking water sources. These people might use surface water sources or unprotected springs or wells, as no safe and reliable improved drinking water source is available to them.