People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Asia
South Asia: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 83.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Asia, 2010–2024
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 South Asia is 83.6%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 90.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Asia peaked at 83.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 41.6%, in 2010.
That places South Asia 7th out of 32 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Asia, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 41.6% | — |
| 2011 | 42.0% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 42.4% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 43.6% | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 44.0% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 48.4% | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 52.7% | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 57.1% | +8.3% |
| 2018 | 61.4% | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 65.8% | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 70.2% | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 74.5% | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 78.9% | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 83.2% | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 83.6% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 49.9% | 41.6% | 65.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.1% | 70.2% | 83.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Asia
- 4 Montenegro 99.3% compare
- 5 Philippines 98.9% compare
- 6 Kazakhstan 98.7% compare
- 7 Serbia 98.0% compare
- 8 Kyrgyzstan 97.3% compare
- 9 Iraq 96.9% compare
- 10 Saudi Arabia 96.6% compare
More health data for South Asia
- Population ages 75-79, female, per capita 0.0067 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, per capita 0.0064 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0391 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, annual growth rate 4.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, per capita 0.0058 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 2.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, annual growth rate 6.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, male, annual growth rate 4.5 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Asia?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Asia was 83.6% 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 South Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 83.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.6% in 2010.
- How does South Asia rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- South Asia ranks 7th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Asia 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.