Only 11 % of schools have access to gender sensitive basic WASH services
Only 11 % of schools have access to gender sensitive basic WASH services 37 % of schools have basic water supply services 35 % have […]
Statistics
Only 8 % of schools have girls’ toilet for menstrual hygiene management. Handwashing facilities available in 49 % of schools
Access to WASH in Schools About a third of all schools (37 %) have basic water supply services, while 30 % of schools have access […]
Only 11% Nigerians use pipe-borne water, 4% use pipe-borne water on premises
86% of Nigerians (up to 179 million people) do not have access to safely managed drinking water supply services 67% of the population have access […]
Only 13% of Nigerians have access to improved toilets with handwashing facility with soap and running water
23% of the population (48 million people) defecate in the open in Nigeria Only 18% of Nigerians (37 million people) have access to safely managed […]
Only 8 % of urban water service connections are active, 41 % of all urban water taps are contaminated
There are an estimated 1,395 waterworks connected to urban water utilities across the 36 states of Nigeria including the FCT serving urban settlements. 951 (67 […]
Only 2 % of water points are available for at least 6 hours daily
There are an estimated 2,313,566 water points in Nigeria, with about 60 % located in rural areas and 40 % in urban areas 30 % […]
Only 6 % of health care facilities have access to basic WASH services,59 % of health facilities have basic water supply services.
Only 6 % of health care facilities have access to basic WASH services 59 % of health facilities have basic water supply services. Access to […]
Only 4 % of markets and motor parks have access to basic gender-sensitive water, sanitation and hygiene services
Only 4 % of markets and motor parks have access to basic gender-sensitive water, sanitation and hygiene services 13 % of markets and motor parks […]
Household WASH expenditures: 35 % was spent on transportation to and from water points, 15 % on storage facilities and 14 % on water treatment in 2020
Total WASH expenditure by households in 2020 is ₦3.4 trillion or $8.5 billion and the per capita expenditure is ₦16, 710 16 % was invested […]
41% of public water supply is contaminated
41% of all taps fed by urban water utilities’ supply is contaminated with thermotolerant coliform with an average coliform forming units per 100ml at 234 […]
Only 13% of Nigerians have access to proper handwashing facilities
Only 13 % of the population use improved sanitation facilities with a proper handwashing station that has running water and soap. Fifty-one (51) % of […]
68% of Nigerians drink contaminated water
About 68 % use drinking water supplies contaminated by thermotolerant coliform at the point of collection according to WASHNORM, 2021 The 2021 Water Sanitation and […]
179m Nigerians lack access to safe water
179 million of Nigerians do not have access to safely managed drinking water services- WASHNORN The 2021 Water Sanitation and Hygiene National Outcome Routine Mapping […]
48m Nigerians defecate in the Open
The Nigeria WASH sector has made modest progress in the last couple of years, with the presidential declaration of a state of emergency in the […]