People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … urban in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … urban was 70.7% in 2019. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Solomon Islands, 2011–2019
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 Solomon Islands is 70.7%, measured in 2019. 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 Solomon Islands peaked at 70.7% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 70.7%, in 2011.
Solomon Islands ranks 63rd of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … urban in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70.7% | — |
| 2012 | 70.7% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 70.7% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 70.7% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 70.7% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 70.7% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 70.7% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 70.7% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 70.7% | +0.0% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 70.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 62.4%, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 70.7% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 86.0%, 82% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
- 60 Yemen 73.8% compare
- 61 Cape Verde 71.6%
- 62 Jamaica 71.0%
- 64 Vanuatu 65.9% compare
- 65 Kiribati 64.7% compare
- 66 Papua New Guinea 64.4% compare
More health data for Solomon Islands
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.85 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8993 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 106 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0612 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0653 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Solomon Islands?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Solomon Islands was 70.7% in 2019, 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 Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 70.7% in 2011.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.7% in 2011.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Solomon Islands ranks 63rd out of 113 countries with data for 2019.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Solomon 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.