People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Sudan
South Sudan: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 34.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Sudan, 2016–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
South Sudan recorded 34.7% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Sudan peaked at 34.7% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 34.7%, in 2016.
That places South Sudan 88th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 34.7% | — |
| 2017 | 34.7% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 34.7% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 34.7% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 34.7% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 34.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 34.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 34.7% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 34.7% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 34.7% | 34.7% | 34.7% | 4 |
| 2020s | 34.7% | 34.7% | 34.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
- 85 Burkina Faso 35.5% compare
- 86 Madagascar 35.5% compare
- 87 Central African Republic 35.4% compare
- 89 Chad 34.1% compare
- 90 Senegal 33.3% compare
- 91 Guinea 33.1% compare
More health data for South Sudan
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.47 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.665 % change on previous year (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 12,029 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,347 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 123 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 123 deaths (2026)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per capita 0.0349 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, female, per capita 0.0265 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Population ages 30-34, female, annual growth rate 1.24 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Sudan?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in South Sudan was 34.7% 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 34.7% in 2016.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.7% in 2016.
- How does South Sudan rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- South Sudan ranks 88th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.