Low income vs Saint Lucia: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water over time
- Low income
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 87.2% against 19.9% in Low income, a difference of 67.3%.
That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 4.4 times Low income's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Saint Lucia has been ahead every year.
Low income ranks 27th and Saint Lucia ranks 28th of 32 groups.
Saint Lucia has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, Low income or Saint Lucia?
- Saint Lucia, at 87.2% against 19.9% in Low income as of 2016.
- What is the difference in people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water between Low income and Saint Lucia?
- 67.3%, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Saint Lucia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2016.
- How do Low income and Saint Lucia rank globally for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Low income ranks 27th and Saint Lucia ranks 28th of 32 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, rural (% of rural population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The percentage of people living in households that have a handwashing facility with soap and water available on the premises. Handwashing facilities may be fixed or mobile and include a sink with tap water, buckets with taps, tippy-taps, and jugs or basins designated for handwashing. Soap includes bar soap, liquid soap, powder detergent, and soapy water but does not include ash, soil, sand or other handwashing agents.