People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA total
IDA total: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 42.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA total, 2011–2024
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 IDA total stood at 42.1%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 46.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA total peaked at 42.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 24.6%, in 2011.
That places IDA total 22nd out of 32 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA total, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24.6% | — |
| 2012 | 26.5% | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 29.0% | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 28.8% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 30.0% | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 31.1% | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 31.7% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 33.6% | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 34.7% | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 35.9% | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 37.1% | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 38.2% | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 41.0% | +7.3% |
| 2024 | 42.1% | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 30.0% | 24.6% | 34.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 38.9% | 35.9% | 42.1% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA total?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA total was 42.1% 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 total?
- The highest recorded value was 42.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.6% in 2011.
- How does IDA total rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- IDA total ranks 22nd out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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.