People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (%) in Libya
Libya: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (%) was 95.6% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Libya, 2018–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Libya recorded 95.6% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Libya ranks 19th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (%) in Libya, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 95.6% | — |
| 2019 | 95.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 95.6% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 95.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 95.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 95.6% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 95.6% | +0.0% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 95.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 89.1%, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Libya's 95.6% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 92.7%, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 95.6% | 95.6% | 95.6% | 2 |
| 2020s | 95.6% | 95.6% | 95.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 16 Kyrgyzstan 97.2% compare
- 17 Azerbaijan 96.0% compare
- 18 Maldives 95.8%
- 20 Ukraine 95.4% compare
- 21 Turks and Caicos Islands 95.0% compare
- 22 Palestine 94.9% compare
More health data for Libya
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 133 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2024)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -1.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0404 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0427 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Libya?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Libya was 95.6% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 95.6% in 2018.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.6% in 2018.
- How does Libya rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Libya ranks 19th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.