People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … urban in IDA total
IDA total: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … urban was 55.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA total, 2011–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA total is 55.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA total peaked at 55.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 49.6%, in 2011.
IDA total ranks 21st of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … urban in IDA total, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 49.6% | — |
| 2012 | 51.2% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 51.6% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 50.0% | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 50.2% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 50.5% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 50.1% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 51.4% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 51.8% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 52.2% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 52.5% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 52.8% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 55.2% | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 55.8% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 50.7% | 49.6% | 51.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 53.7% | 52.2% | 55.8% | 5 |
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More health data for IDA total
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.3761 units per person (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.4993 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per capita 0.2904 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.2939 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male 49.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female 994.85 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA total?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in IDA total was 55.8% 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 IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 55.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.6% in 2011.
- How does IDA total rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- IDA total ranks 21st out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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.