People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 87.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Sri Lanka, 2013–2024
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 Sri Lanka is 87.7%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Sri Lanka peaked at 87.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 87.6%, in 2013.
Sri Lanka ranks 38th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 87.6% | — |
| 2014 | 87.6% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 87.6% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 87.6% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 87.6% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 87.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 87.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 87.6% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 87.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 87.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 87.7% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 87.7% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 87.6% | 87.6% | 87.6% | 7 |
| 2020s | 87.7% | 87.6% | 87.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 35 Viet Nam 89.1% compare
- 36 Barbados 88.5%
- 37 El Salvador 88.2% compare
- 39 Saint Lucia 87.3%
- 40 Cambodia 87.2% compare
- 41 Republic of Moldova 87.0%
More health data for Sri Lanka
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.62 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7332 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,250 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 304 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 50-54, male, annual growth rate -1.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, per capita 0.0276 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, female, annual growth rate -0.5626 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, female, per capita 0.0292 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Sri Lanka?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Sri Lanka was 87.7% 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 87.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.6% in 2013.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Sri Lanka ranks 38th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.