Nigeria: Access to drinking water, urban
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| Nigeria |
Percent urban population with access to drinking water |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 35.7 |
| Year | 2022 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 2000 - 2022 |
| Average | 29.6 |
| Min - Max | 19.5 - 35.7 |
| Source | WHO/UNICEF |
The latest value from 2022 is 35.7 percent, an increase from 35.5 percent in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 69.9 percent, based on data from 93 countries. Historically, the average for Nigeria from 2000 to 2022 is 29.6 percent. The minimum value, 19.5 percent, was reached in 2000 while the maximum of 35.7 percent was recorded in 2022.
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Definition: Access to an improved water source, urban, refers to the percentage of the urban population using an improved drinking water source. The improved drinking water source includes piped water on premises (piped household water connection located inside the users' dwelling, plot or yard), and other improved drinking water sources (public taps or standpipes, tube wells or boreholes, protected dug wells, protected springs, and rainwater collection).
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Health spending as percent of GDP | 4.08 | 2021 | percent |
| Life expectancy | 53.63 | 2022 | years |
| Life expectancy, female | 53.97 | 2022 | years |
| Life expectancy, male | 53.30 | 2022 | years |
| Birth rate | 36.61 | 2022 | births per 1000 people |
| Death rate | 12.43 | 2022 | deaths per 1000 people |
| Fertility rate | 5.14 | 2022 | births per woman |
| Tuberculosis | 219.00 | 2022 | cases per 100,000 people |
| Diabetes prevalence | 3.60 | 2021 | percent |
| Prevalence of anemia among children | 68.90 | 2019 | percent |
| Prevalence of undernourishment | 15.90 | 2021 | percent |
| Access to drinking water, rural | 21.2 | 2022 | percent |
| Access to drinking water, urban | 35.7 | 2022 | percent |
| Suicides | 3.50 | 2019 | suicides per 100,000 people |
| DPT immunization rate | 62 | 2022 | percent |
| Hepatitis B immunization rate | 62 | 2022 | percent |
| Measles immunization rate | 60 | 2022 | percent |
| Traffic accident deaths | 20.70 | 2019 | deaths per 100,000 people |