People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 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 and water 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% |
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)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 863.9 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 106 deaths (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)
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.