People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 89.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 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 East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) stood at 89.7%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
That places East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 3rd out of 32 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 87.1% | — |
| 2018 | 87.4% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 87.7% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 88.1% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 88.4% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 88.8% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 89.3% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 89.7% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 87.4% | 87.1% | 87.7% | 3 |
| 2020s | 88.9% | 88.1% | 89.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- 1 Mexico 100.0% compare
- 1 Turkmenistan 100.0% compare
- 3 North Macedonia 99.8% compare
- 4 Montenegro 99.3% compare
- 5 Philippines 98.9% compare
- 6 Kazakhstan 98.7%
More health data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.0353 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 1.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0424 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 2.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0396 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per capita 0.0341 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 89.7% 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 East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 89.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.1% in 2017.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 3rd out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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.