People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 86.4% in 2021. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Marshall Islands, 2013–2021
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
In 2021, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Marshall Islands stood at 86.4%. 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 Marshall Islands peaked at 86.4% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 86.4%, in 2013.
That places Marshall Islands 44th out of 113 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Marshall Islands, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 86.4% | — |
| 2014 | 86.4% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 86.4% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 86.4% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 86.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 86.4% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 86.4% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 86.4% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 86.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 86.4% | 86.4% | 86.4% | 7 |
| 2020s | 86.4% | 86.4% | 86.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
- 41 Syrian Arab Republic 87.3% compare
- 42 Tajikistan 86.7% compare
- 43 Costa Rica 86.5% compare
- 45 Tonga 85.5% compare
- 46 Trinidad and Tobago 85.5%
- 47 Honduras 85.4% compare
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- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 3.09 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,179 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2 deaths (2100)
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- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0494 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -8.43 % 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 Marshall Islands?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Marshall Islands was 86.4% in 2021, 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 Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 86.4% in 2013.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.4% in 2013.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Marshall Islands ranks 44th out of 113 countries with data for 2021.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Marshall Islands 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.