People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in World
World: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 72.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in World, 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
World recorded 72.0% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
World ranks 17th of 32 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in World, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 59.0% | — |
| 2018 | 60.8% | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 62.5% | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 64.1% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 66.2% | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 68.0% | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 71.3% | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 72.0% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 60.8% | 59.0% | 62.5% | 3 |
| 2020s | 68.3% | 64.1% | 72.0% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in World?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in World was 72.0% 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 72.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.0% in 2017.
- How does World rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- World ranks 17th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.