People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Malawi
Malawi: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 27.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Malawi, 2000–2024
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 Malawi stood at 27.9%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Malawi peaked at 32.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 27.9%, in 2022.
Malawi ranks 97th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 32.8% | — |
| 2001 | 32.5% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 32.3% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 32.1% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 31.9% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 31.6% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 31.4% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 31.2% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 31.0% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 30.8% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 30.5% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 30.3% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 30.1% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 29.9% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 29.7% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 29.4% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 29.2% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 29.0% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 28.8% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 28.6% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 28.3% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 28.1% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 27.9% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 27.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 27.9% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.8% | 30.8% | 32.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.6% | 28.6% | 30.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.0% | 27.9% | 28.3% | 5 |
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More health data for Malawi
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.8368 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.9312 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 856.3 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 6,399 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per capita 0.0655 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per capita 0.0657 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, annual growth rate 0.5136 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Malawi?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Malawi was 27.9% 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 32.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.9% in 2022.
- How does Malawi rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Malawi ranks 97th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi 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.