People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Yemen
Yemen: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 56.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Yemen, 2007–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 56.3% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 46.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Yemen peaked at 56.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 32.9%, in 2007.
Yemen ranks 60th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Yemen, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 32.9% | — |
| 2008 | 32.9% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 32.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 32.9% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 32.9% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 34.7% | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 36.5% | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 38.3% | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 40.1% | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 41.9% | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 43.7% | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 45.5% | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 47.3% | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 49.1% | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 50.9% | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 52.7% | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 54.5% | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 56.3% | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.9% | 32.9% | 32.9% | 3 |
| 2010s | 39.4% | 32.9% | 47.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.7% | 49.1% | 56.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 57 Nepal 65.8% compare
- 58 Kiribati 58.6% compare
- 59 Lao People's Democratic Republic 56.6% compare
- 61 Afghanistan 48.9% compare
- 62 Kenya 48.2% compare
- 63 Sao Tome and Principe 43.1% compare
More health data for Yemen
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.94 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.04 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 809.4 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 9,603 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 103 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.88 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0766 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 (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Yemen?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Yemen was 56.3% 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 56.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.9% in 2007.
- How does Yemen rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Yemen ranks 60th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen 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.