People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Tunisia
Tunisia: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 88.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Tunisia, 2006–2024
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 Tunisia stood at 88.4%. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Tunisia peaked at 88.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 65.9%, in 2006.
Tunisia ranks 23rd of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 65.9% | — |
| 2007 | 65.9% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 65.9% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 65.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 65.9% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 67.5% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 69.1% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 70.7% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 72.3% | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 73.9% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 75.5% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 77.1% | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 78.8% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 80.4% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 82.0% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 83.6% | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 85.2% | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 86.8% | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 88.4% | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 65.9% | 65.9% | 65.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 73.1% | 65.9% | 80.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.2% | 82.0% | 88.4% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Tunisia?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Tunisia was 88.4% 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 88.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.9% in 2006.
- How does Tunisia rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Tunisia ranks 23rd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.