People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Haiti
Haiti: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 15.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Haiti, 2006–2023
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 Haiti is 15.5%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Haiti peaked at 17.9% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 15.5%, in 2019.
Haiti ranks 95th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Haiti, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 17.9% | — |
| 2007 | 17.9% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 17.9% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 17.9% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 17.6% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 17.3% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 17.1% | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 16.8% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 16.5% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 16.3% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 16.0% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 15.7% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 15.5% | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 15.5% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 15.5% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 15.5% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 15.5% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.9% | 17.9% | 17.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 16.7% | 15.5% | 17.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.5% | 15.5% | 15.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
- 92 Sierra Leone 16.7% compare
- 93 Rwanda 16.0% compare
- 94 Guinea-Bissau 15.7% compare
- 96 Madagascar 15.1% compare
- 97 Tanzania, United Republic of 14.8% compare
- 98 Guinea 13.1% compare
More health data for Haiti
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.21 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.418 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,297 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 1,902 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per capita 0.0511 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, annual growth rate -0.2189 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per capita 0.0519 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, annual growth rate 0.1651 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Haiti?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Haiti was 15.5% in 2023, 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 Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 17.9% in 2006.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.5% in 2019.
- How does Haiti rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Haiti ranks 95th out of 113 countries with data for 2023.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Haiti 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.