People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Iraq
Iraq: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 96.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Iraq, 2005–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 96.9% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Iraq peaked at 96.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 77.5%, in 2005.
That places Iraq 9th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Iraq, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 77.5% | — |
| 2006 | 77.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 77.5% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 77.5% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 77.5% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 79.2% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 81.0% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 82.8% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 84.5% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 86.3% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 88.1% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 89.8% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 91.6% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 93.3% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 95.1% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 96.9% | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 96.9% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 96.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 96.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 96.9% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 77.5% | 77.5% | 77.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 87.2% | 79.2% | 95.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.9% | 96.9% | 96.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 6 Kazakhstan 98.7% compare
- 7 Serbia 98.0% compare
- 8 Kyrgyzstan 97.3% compare
- 10 Saudi Arabia 96.6% compare
- 11 Tuvalu 96.3% compare
- 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina 96.0% compare
More health data for Iraq
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.4 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.9773 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 898.9 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 5,830 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 0.057 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, annual growth rate -1.15 % 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 0.0599 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, annual growth rate 1.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Iraq?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Iraq was 96.9% 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 96.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.5% in 2005.
- How does Iraq rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Iraq ranks 9th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq 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.