People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Cuba
Cuba: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 94.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Cuba, 2008–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 94.9% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Cuba peaked at 94.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 85.9%, in 2008.
That places Cuba 22nd out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Cuba, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 85.9% | — |
| 2009 | 85.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 85.9% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 85.9% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 85.9% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 86.9% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 87.9% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 88.9% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 89.9% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 90.9% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 91.9% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 92.9% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 93.9% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 94.9% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 94.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 94.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 94.9% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 85.9% | 85.9% | 85.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 88.7% | 85.9% | 92.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.7% | 93.9% | 94.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 19 Philippines 95.6% compare
- 20 Viet Nam 95.4% compare
- 21 Turks and Caicos Islands 95.4% compare
- 23 Palestine, State of 94.7% compare
- 24 Georgia 94.6% compare
- 25 Tunisia 94.5% compare
More health data for Cuba
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.47 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.2059 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,696 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 67 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.021 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -2.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Cuba?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Cuba was 94.9% 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 Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 94.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.9% in 2008.
- How does Cuba rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Cuba ranks 22nd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba 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.