People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 83.3% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Costa Rica, 2005–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 83.3% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Costa Rica peaked at 83.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 82.8%, in 2005.
Costa Rica ranks 36th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 82.8% | — |
| 2006 | 82.8% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 82.8% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 82.8% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 82.8% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 82.9% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 82.9% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 83.0% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 83.0% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 83.0% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 83.1% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 83.1% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 83.2% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 83.2% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 83.3% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 83.3% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 83.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 83.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 83.3% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 83.3% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 82.8% | 82.8% | 82.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 83.1% | 82.9% | 83.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.3% | 83.3% | 83.3% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Costa Rica?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Costa Rica was 83.3% 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 Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 83.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.8% in 2005.
- How does Costa Rica rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Costa Rica ranks 36th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.