People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Angola
Angola: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 19.1% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Angola, 2010–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Angola is 19.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Angola peaked at 19.1% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 19.1%, in 2010.
That places Angola 88th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Angola, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 19.1% | — |
| 2011 | 19.1% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 19.1% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 19.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 19.1% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 19.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 19.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 19.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 19.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 19.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 19.1% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 19.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 19.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 19.1% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 19.1% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 19.1% | 19.1% | 19.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.1% | 19.1% | 19.1% | 5 |
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More health data for Angola
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.27 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 740.2 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 31,754 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per capita 0.073 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, annual growth rate 2.43 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per capita 0.0738 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, annual growth rate 3.13 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Angola?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Angola was 19.1% 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 Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 19.1% in 2010.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.1% in 2010.
- How does Angola rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Angola ranks 88th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Angola 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.