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% |
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, State of 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)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,084 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 133 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate -1.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1306 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate -1.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1378 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.