People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … rural in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … rural was 30.8% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Papua New Guinea, 2012–2024
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 Papua New Guinea is 30.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Papua New Guinea peaked at 30.8% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 30.8%, in 2012.
That places Papua New Guinea 74th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … rural in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 30.8% | — |
| 2013 | 30.8% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 30.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 30.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 30.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 30.8% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 30.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 30.8% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 30.8% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 30.8% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 30.8% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 30.8% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 30.8% | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 30.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32.2%, 96% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 30.8% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 79.6%, 39% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 30.8% | 30.8% | 30.8% | 8 |
| 2020s | 30.8% | 30.8% | 30.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths 2,501 (2100)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Papua New Guinea?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Papua New Guinea was 30.8% 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 30.8% in 2012.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.8% in 2012.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 74th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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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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.