People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Mongolia
Mongolia: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 86.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Mongolia, 2004–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 86.4% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Mongolia peaked at 86.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 59.2%, in 2004.
Mongolia ranks 43rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 59.2% | — |
| 2005 | 59.7% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 60.2% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 60.6% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 61.1% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 63.6% | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 66.0% | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 68.2% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 70.2% | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 72.3% | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 74.3% | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 76.3% | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 78.3% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 80.3% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 82.3% | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 84.4% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 86.4% | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 86.4% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 86.4% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 86.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 86.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 60.7% | 59.2% | 63.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 75.3% | 66.0% | 84.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.4% | 86.4% | 86.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 40 Cambodia 87.2% compare
- 41 Republic of Moldova 87.0% compare
- 42 Fiji 86.6% compare
- 44 Costa Rica 86.0% compare
- 45 Marshall Islands 85.1% compare
- 46 Honduras 85.0% compare
More health data for Mongolia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.56 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.6056 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 847.3 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 63 deaths (2100)
- Total tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Total tetanus - number of reported cases, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Diphtheria - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Diphtheria - number of reported cases, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Measles - number of reported cases, gaps filled 13,846 (2025)
- Measles - number of reported cases, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Mongolia?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Mongolia was 86.4% 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 86.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.2% in 2004.
- How does Mongolia rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Mongolia ranks 43rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.