People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Arab Republic: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 80.6% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Syrian Arab Republic, 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
Syrian Arab Republic recorded 80.6% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 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 Syrian Arab Republic peaked at 80.6% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 80.6%, in 2012.
Syrian Arab Republic ranks 40th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Syrian Arab Republic, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 80.6% | — |
| 2013 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 80.6% | 80.6% | 80.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 80.6% | 80.6% | 80.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Syrian Arab Republic
- 37 Trinidad and Tobago 82.6% compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Syrian Arab Republic?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Syrian Arab Republic was 80.6% 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 Syrian Arab Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 80.6% in 2012.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.6% in 2012.
- How does Syrian Arab Republic rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Syrian Arab Republic ranks 40th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Syrian Arab Republic 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.