People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA only
IDA only: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 35.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA only, 2010–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
IDA only recorded 35.7% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA only peaked at 35.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 21.0%, in 2010.
IDA only ranks 23rd of 32 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA only, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21.0% | — |
| 2011 | 22.3% | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 24.2% | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 27.0% | +11.5% |
| 2014 | 26.1% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 26.9% | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 27.7% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 27.7% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 28.5% | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 29.2% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 29.9% | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 30.6% | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 31.3% | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 34.5% | +10.2% |
| 2024 | 35.7% | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 26.1% | 21.0% | 29.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.4% | 29.9% | 35.7% | 5 |
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More health data for IDA only
- Population ages 65 and above, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 2.24 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female, per capita 0.5035 units per person (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita 0.0409 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, annual growth rate 3.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male, per capita 0.0183 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA only?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA only was 35.7% 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 IDA only?
- The highest recorded value was 35.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in IDA only?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.0% in 2010.
- How does IDA only rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- IDA only ranks 23rd out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in IDA only?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA 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.