People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zambia
Zambia: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 9.2% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zambia, 2008–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 9.2% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zambia peaked at 9.2% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 9.2%, in 2008.
That places Zambia 109th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zambia, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 9.2% | — |
| 2009 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 9.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.2% | 9.2% | 9.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 9.2% | 9.2% | 9.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.2% | 9.2% | 9.2% | 5 |
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More health data for Zambia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.09 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7971 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 809.3 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 8,894 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per capita 0.0677 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, annual growth rate 1.59 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zambia?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zambia was 9.2% 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 9.2% in 2008.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2% in 2008.
- How does Zambia rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Zambia ranks 109th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Zambia 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.