People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … rural in Angola
Angola: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … rural 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 … rural 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% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 19.1% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32.2%, 59% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Angola's 19.1% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 17.7%, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 19.1% | 19.1% | 19.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.1% | 19.1% | 19.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 85 Uganda 20.0% compare
- 86 Equatorial Guinea 19.9% compare
- 87 Niger 19.8% compare
- 89 South Sudan 18.4% compare
- 90 Lesotho 17.7% compare
- 91 Mauritania 17.0% compare
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)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 31,754 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 79 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0823 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0836 units per person (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.