People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Madagascar
Madagascar: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 15.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Madagascar, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Madagascar is 15.1%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Madagascar peaked at 16.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 15.1%, in 2023.
Madagascar ranks 96th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16.5% | — |
| 2001 | 16.5% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16.5% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 16.5% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 16.4% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 16.3% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 16.3% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 16.2% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 16.1% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 16.1% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 16.0% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 15.9% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 15.9% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 15.8% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 15.7% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 15.7% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 15.6% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 15.5% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 15.5% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 15.4% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 15.3% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 15.3% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 15.2% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 15.1% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 15.1% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.3% | 16.1% | 16.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.7% | 15.4% | 16.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.2% | 15.1% | 15.3% | 5 |
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More health data for Madagascar
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.87 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4912 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 920.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 14,569 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 15-19, male, annual growth rate 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per capita 0.0538 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, annual growth rate 1.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per capita 0.0469 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Madagascar?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Madagascar was 15.1% 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 16.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.1% in 2023.
- How does Madagascar rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Madagascar ranks 96th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.