People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (%) in World
World: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (%) was 78.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in World, 2017–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
World recorded 78.0% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
World ranks 15th of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (%) in World, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 68.8% | — |
| 2018 | 70.2% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 71.3% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 72.5% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 73.9% | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 75.1% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 77.5% | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 78.0% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 70.1% | 68.8% | 71.3% | 3 |
| 2020s | 75.4% | 72.5% | 78.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 12 Iraq 97.4% compare
- 13 Philippines 97.3% compare
- 14 China 97.3% compare
- 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 97.3%
- 16 Kyrgyzstan 97.2% compare
- 17 Azerbaijan 96.0% compare
- 18 Maldives 95.8% compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in World?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in World was 78.0% 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 78.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.8% in 2017.
- How does World rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- World ranks 15th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.