People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Djibouti
Djibouti: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 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 and water 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)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,107 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 197 deaths (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)
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.