People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Cambodia
Cambodia: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 86.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Cambodia, 2008–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
In 2024, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Cambodia stood at 86.2%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 44.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Cambodia peaked at 86.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 54.2%, in 2008.
Cambodia ranks 30th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 54.2% | — |
| 2009 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 56.9% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 59.6% | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 62.2% | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 64.9% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 67.5% | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 70.2% | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 72.9% | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 75.5% | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 78.2% | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 80.9% | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 83.5% | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 86.2% | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 54.2% | 54.2% | 54.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 61.7% | 54.2% | 72.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.9% | 75.5% | 86.2% | 5 |
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.78 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.572 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,125 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 1,047 deaths (2100)
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- Population ages 05-09, female, per capita 0.0493 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, annual growth rate 0.9737 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Cambodia?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Cambodia was 86.2% 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 Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 86.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.2% in 2008.
- How does Cambodia rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Cambodia ranks 30th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia 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.