People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Africa Eastern and Southern
Africa Eastern and Southern: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 16.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Africa Eastern and Southern, 2013–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
Africa Eastern and Southern recorded 16.0% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Africa Eastern and Southern peaked at 16.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12.6%, in 2013.
Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 32nd of 32 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Africa Eastern and Southern, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 12.6% | — |
| 2014 | 12.6% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 12.7% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 13.2% | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 13.7% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 14.0% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 14.3% | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 14.6% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 14.2% | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 14.5% | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 15.3% | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 16.0% | +4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13.3% | 12.6% | 14.3% | 7 |
| 2020s | 14.9% | 14.2% | 16.0% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Africa Eastern and Southern?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Africa Eastern and Southern was 16.0% 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 Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The highest recorded value was 16.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.6% in 2013.
- How does Africa Eastern and Southern rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 32nd out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Africa Eastern and Southern?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa Eastern and Southern 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, rural (% of rural 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.