People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Honduras
Honduras: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 85.4% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Honduras, 2006–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
In 2024, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Honduras stood at 85.4%. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Honduras peaked at 87.6% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 85.4%, in 2021.
Honduras ranks 47th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 87.6% | — |
| 2007 | 87.6% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 87.6% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 87.6% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 87.6% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 87.4% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 87.2% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 87.0% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 86.8% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 86.6% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 86.4% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 86.2% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 86.0% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 85.8% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 85.6% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 85.4% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 85.4% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 85.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 85.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.6% | 87.6% | 87.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 86.7% | 85.8% | 87.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.4% | 85.4% | 85.6% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Honduras?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Honduras was 85.4% 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 Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 87.6% in 2006.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.4% in 2021.
- How does Honduras rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Honduras ranks 47th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Honduras 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.