People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Angola
Angola: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 44.8% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Angola, 2010–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Angola recorded 44.8% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Angola peaked at 44.8% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 44.8%, in 2010.
Angola ranks 79th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Angola, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 44.8% | — |
| 2011 | 44.8% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 44.8% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 44.8% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 44.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 44.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 44.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 44.8% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 44.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 44.8% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 44.8% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 44.8% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 44.8% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 44.8% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 44.8% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 44.8% | 44.8% | 44.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.8% | 44.8% | 44.8% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Angola?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Angola was 44.8% 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 Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 44.8% in 2010.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.8% in 2010.
- How does Angola rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Angola ranks 79th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Angola 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, urban (% of urban 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.