People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 96.6% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Saudi Arabia, 2016–2024
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 Saudi Arabia is 96.6%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Saudi Arabia peaked at 96.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 96.6%, in 2016.
Saudi Arabia ranks 10th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 96.6% | — |
| 2017 | 96.6% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 96.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 96.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 96.6% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 96.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 96.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 96.6% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 96.6% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 96.6% | 96.6% | 96.6% | 4 |
| 2020s | 96.6% | 96.6% | 96.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 7 Serbia 98.0%
- 8 Kyrgyzstan 97.3% compare
- 9 Iraq 96.9% compare
- 11 Tuvalu 96.3% compare
- 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina 96.0%
- 13 Bhutan 95.7% compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Saudi Arabia?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Saudi Arabia was 96.6% 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.6% in 2016.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 10th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.