People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … urban in Djibouti
Djibouti: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … urban was 61.3% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Djibouti, 2019–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Djibouti recorded 61.3% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Djibouti ranks 69th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … urban in Djibouti, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 61.3% | — |
| 2020 | 61.3% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 61.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 61.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 61.3% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 61.3% | +0.0% |
Djibouti compared with similar countries
- Djibouti's 61.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 62.4%, 98% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Djibouti's 61.3% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 89.8%, 68% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 61.3% | 61.3% | 61.3% | 1 |
| 2020s | 61.3% | 61.3% | 61.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Djibouti
- 66 Papua New Guinea 64.4% compare
- 67 Sao Tome and Principe 62.8% compare
- 68 Namibia 62.4%
- 70 Afghanistan 60.1% compare
- 71 Mauritania 57.6% compare
- 72 Congo 56.1%
More health data for Djibouti
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.5 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.2173 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 197 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.5299 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0481 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.5304 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0495 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Djibouti?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Djibouti was 61.3% 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 Djibouti?
- The highest recorded value was 61.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Djibouti?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.3% in 2019.
- How does Djibouti rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Djibouti ranks 69th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Djibouti?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Djibouti 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.