People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IBRD only
IBRD only: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 87.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IBRD only, 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 IBRD only stood at 87.8%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 20.7% over ten years.
That places IBRD only 6th out of 32 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IBRD only, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 72.7% | — |
| 2018 | 75.0% | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 77.2% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 79.5% | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 82.5% | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 85.0% | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 87.6% | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 87.8% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 75.0% | 72.7% | 77.2% | 3 |
| 2020s | 84.5% | 79.5% | 87.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near IBRD only
- 3 North Macedonia 99.8% compare
- 4 Montenegro 99.3% compare
- 5 Philippines 98.9% compare
- 6 Kazakhstan 98.7%
- 7 Serbia 98.0%
- 8 Kyrgyzstan 97.3% compare
- 9 Iraq 96.9% compare
More health data for IBRD only
- Population, male, annual growth rate 0.5114 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita 0.1058 units per person (2025)
- Population, female, annual growth rate 0.5837 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, per capita 0.4956 units per person (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.5044 units per person (2025)
- Population, male 2.53 billion (2025)
- Population, male 50.4% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IBRD only?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IBRD only was 87.8% 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 IBRD only?
- The highest recorded value was 87.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in IBRD only?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.7% in 2017.
- How does IBRD only rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- IBRD only ranks 6th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in IBRD only?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IBRD only 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.