People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Honduras
Honduras: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 84.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Honduras, 2006–2024
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 Honduras stood at 84.3%. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Honduras peaked at 84.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 79.4%, in 2006.
That places Honduras 35th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 79.4% | — |
| 2007 | 79.4% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 79.4% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 79.4% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 79.4% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 79.9% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 80.3% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 80.8% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 81.2% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 81.7% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 82.1% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 82.6% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 83.0% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 83.4% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 83.9% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 84.3% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 84.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 84.3% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 84.3% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 79.4% | 79.4% | 79.4% | 4 |
| 2010s | 81.4% | 79.4% | 83.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.2% | 83.9% | 84.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 32 Guyana 85.4% compare
- 33 Ecuador 84.9% compare
- 34 Viet Nam 84.9% compare
- 36 Costa Rica 83.3% compare
- 37 Trinidad and Tobago 82.6% compare
- 38 Republic of Moldova 82.3% compare
More health data for Honduras
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.51 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7082 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,052 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 521 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.3993 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0509 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.3974 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Honduras?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Honduras was 84.3% 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 Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 84.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.4% in 2006.
- How does Honduras rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Honduras ranks 35th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras 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.