People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in China
China: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 95.3% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in China, 2017–2024
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 China stood at 95.3%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
China ranks 16th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in China, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 95.3% | — |
| 2018 | 95.3% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 95.3% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 95.3% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 95.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 95.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 95.3% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 95.3% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 95.3% | 95.3% | 95.3% | 3 |
| 2020s | 95.3% | 95.3% | 95.3% | 5 |
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More health data for China
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.15 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.0985 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 2,029 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 4,642 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 15-19, male, annual growth rate 1.88 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per capita 0.0323 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, annual growth rate -0.8061 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per capita 0.0256 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in China?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in China was 95.3% 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 95.3% in 2017.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.3% in 2017.
- How does China rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- China ranks 16th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this China 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.