People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal
Senegal: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 26.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal, 2011–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal is 26.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 36.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal peaked at 26.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19.3%, in 2011.
Senegal ranks 91st of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19.3% | — |
| 2012 | 19.4% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 19.5% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 19.7% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 19.8% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 20.7% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 21.5% | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 22.3% | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 23.1% | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 23.9% | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 24.7% | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 25.5% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 26.2% | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 26.9% | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 20.6% | 19.3% | 23.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 25.4% | 23.9% | 26.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 88 Nigeria 31.3% compare
- 89 Timor-Leste 28.4% compare
- 90 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 27.0% compare
- 92 Chad 26.3% compare
- 93 Burkina Faso 25.9% compare
- 94 Uganda 24.6% compare
More health data for Senegal
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.58 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7598 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 835.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2,496 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 65-69, male, annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65-69, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65-69, male, per capita 0.0073 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, female, annual growth rate 5.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, female, per capita 0.0057 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal was 26.9% 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 26.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.3% in 2011.
- How does Senegal rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Senegal ranks 91st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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.