People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Myanmar
Myanmar: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 83.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Myanmar, 2010–2024
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 Myanmar is 83.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Myanmar peaked at 83.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 83.0%, in 2010.
Myanmar ranks 51st of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 83.0% | — |
| 2011 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 83.0% | 83.0% | 83.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.0% | 83.0% | 83.0% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Myanmar?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Myanmar was 83.0% 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 Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 83.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.0% in 2010.
- How does Myanmar rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Myanmar ranks 51st out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Myanmar 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.