People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Asia
South Asia: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 93.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Asia, 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 South Asia is 93.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Asia peaked at 93.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 72.1%, in 2010.
That places South Asia 7th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Asia, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 72.1% | — |
| 2011 | 72.4% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 72.7% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 73.1% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 73.4% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 75.6% | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 77.9% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 80.1% | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 82.4% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 84.7% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 86.9% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 89.2% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 91.4% | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 93.7% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 93.9% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 76.4% | 72.1% | 84.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.0% | 86.9% | 93.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Asia
- 4 Kazakhstan 99.2% compare
- 5 Saudi Arabia 98.8% compare
- 6 Ukraine 98.6% compare
- 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.6% compare
- 8 Mexico 98.5% compare
- 9 China 98.3% compare
- 10 Serbia 98.2% compare
More health data for South Asia
- Population ages 75-79, female, per capita 0.0067 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, per capita 0.0064 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0391 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, annual growth rate 4.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, per capita 0.0058 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 2.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, annual growth rate 6.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, male, annual growth rate 4.5 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Asia?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Asia was 93.9% 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 South Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 93.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.1% in 2010.
- How does South Asia rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- South Asia ranks 7th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Asia 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.