People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Somalia
Somalia: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 22.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Somalia, 2013–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 22.2% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 9.2% on the previous year and down 41.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Somalia peaked at 38.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 22.2%, in 2024.
Somalia ranks 106th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Somalia, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 38.0% | — |
| 2014 | 38.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 38.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 38.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 38.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 35.7% | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 33.5% | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 31.2% | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 28.9% | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 26.7% | -7.8% |
| 2023 | 24.4% | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 22.2% | -9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 37.0% | 33.5% | 38.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 26.7% | 22.2% | 31.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 103 Equatorial Guinea 26.0%
- 104 Mozambique 25.0% compare
- 105 Guinea-Bissau 24.5% compare
- 107 Tanzania, United Republic of 21.8% compare
- 108 Sierra Leone 21.2% compare
- 109 Burundi 19.4% compare
More health data for Somalia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8681 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 987.7 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 32,421 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 182 (2013)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 2.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0897 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Somalia?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Somalia was 22.2% 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 38.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.2% in 2024.
- How does Somalia rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Somalia ranks 106th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.