People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 36.1% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zimbabwe, 2009–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zimbabwe is 36.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 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 Zimbabwe peaked at 36.1% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 36.1%, in 2009.
Zimbabwe ranks 67th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 36.1% | — |
| 2010 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 36.1% | 36.1% | 36.1% | 1 |
| 2010s | 36.1% | 36.1% | 36.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.1% | 36.1% | 36.1% | 5 |
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.39 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 874.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 4,457 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 15-19, male, annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, annual growth rate 2.65 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zimbabwe?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zimbabwe was 36.1% 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 36.1% in 2009.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.1% in 2009.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Zimbabwe ranks 67th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.