People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Guatemala
Guatemala: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 83.2% in 2019. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Guatemala, 2011–2019
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 83.2% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2019. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Guatemala peaked at 83.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 83.2%, in 2011.
Guatemala ranks 50th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 83.2% | — |
| 2012 | 83.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 83.2% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 83.2% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 83.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 83.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 83.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 83.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 83.2% | +0.0% |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Guatemala?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Guatemala was 83.2% in 2019, 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 Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 83.2% in 2011.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.2% in 2011.
- How does Guatemala rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Guatemala ranks 50th out of 113 countries with data for 2019.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Guatemala 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.