People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 73.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Lower middle income, 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
In 2024, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Lower middle income stood at 73.4%. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 72.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Lower middle income peaked at 73.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40.8%, in 2011.
That places Lower middle income 16th 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 15 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 42.3% | — |
| 2011 | 40.8% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 41.4% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 42.1% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 42.7% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 46.1% | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 49.6% | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 52.2% | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 55.8% | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 59.2% | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 62.6% | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 65.9% | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 69.3% | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 72.6% | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 73.4% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 47.2% | 40.8% | 59.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.8% | 62.6% | 73.4% | 5 |
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- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0359 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0321 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0347 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.031 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Lower middle income?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Lower middle income was 73.4% 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 Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 73.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.8% in 2011.
- How does Lower middle income rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Lower middle income ranks 16th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 72.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle income 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.