People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Maldives
Maldives: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 95.0% in 2021. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Maldives, 2013–2021
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 95.0% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2021. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Maldives peaked at 95.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 95.0%, in 2013.
Maldives ranks 17th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 95.0% | — |
| 2014 | 95.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 95.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 95.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 95.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 95.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 95.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 95.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 95.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 95.0% | 95.0% | 95.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 95.0% | 95.0% | 95.0% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Maldives?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Maldives was 95.0% in 2021, 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 Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 95.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.0% in 2013.
- How does Maldives rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Maldives ranks 17th out of 113 countries with data for 2021.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Maldives 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.