People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … rural in Tanzania
Tanzania: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … rural was 14.8% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Tanzania, 2017–2024
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 Tanzania stood at 14.8%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Tanzania ranks 97th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … rural in Tanzania, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14.8% | — |
| 2018 | 14.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 14.8% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 14.8% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 14.8% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 14.8% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 14.8% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 14.8% | +0.0% |
Tanzania compared with similar countries
- Tanzania's 14.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32.2%, 46% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Tanzania's 14.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 17.7%, 84% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14.8% | 14.8% | 14.8% | 3 |
| 2020s | 14.8% | 14.8% | 14.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
- 94 Guinea-Bissau 15.7% compare
- 95 Haiti 15.5% compare
- 96 Madagascar 15.1% compare
- 98 Guinea 13.1% compare
- 99 Malawi 12.5% compare
- 100 Democratic Republic of Congo 12.3% compare
More health data for Tanzania
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7342 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 32,514 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 13 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0786 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0805 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Tanzania?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Tanzania was 14.8% 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 Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 14.8% in 2017.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.8% in 2017.
- How does Tanzania rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Tanzania ranks 97th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Tanzania 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.