People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal
Senegal: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 20.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal, 2011–2024
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 Senegal stood at 20.5%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.9% on the previous year and up 280.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal peaked at 20.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 2011.
Senegal ranks 84th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5.4% | — |
| 2012 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | +31.1% |
| 2017 | 8.8% | +23.7% |
| 2018 | 10.4% | +19.2% |
| 2019 | 12.1% | +16.1% |
| 2020 | 13.8% | +13.9% |
| 2021 | 15.5% | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 17.2% | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 18.8% | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 20.5% | +8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7.3% | 5.4% | 12.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 17.2% | 13.8% | 20.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 81 Timor-Leste 21.9% compare
- 82 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 21.9% compare
- 83 Burkina Faso 21.1% compare
- 85 Uganda 20.0% compare
- 86 Equatorial Guinea 19.9% compare
- 87 Niger 19.8% compare
More health data for Senegal
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.58 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7598 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 835.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2,496 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 15-19, male, annual growth rate 2.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per capita 0.0571 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, annual growth rate 1.29 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per capita 0.0474 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Senegal was 20.5% 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 20.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 2011.
- How does Senegal rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Senegal ranks 84th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 280.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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.