People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Suriname
Suriname: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 74.8% in 2022. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Suriname, 2014–2022
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
In 2022, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Suriname stood at 74.8%. 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 Suriname peaked at 74.8% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 74.8%, in 2014.
That places Suriname 58th out of 113 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Suriname, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 74.8% | — |
| 2015 | 74.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 74.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 74.8% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 74.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 74.8% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 74.8% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 74.8% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 74.8% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 74.8% | 74.8% | 74.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 74.8% | 74.8% | 74.8% | 3 |
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More health data for Suriname
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.6063 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,195 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 22 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.0344 % 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 0.0409 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.0221 % 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 0.0425 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Suriname?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Suriname was 74.8% in 2022, 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 74.8% in 2014.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.8% in 2014.
- How does Suriname rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Suriname ranks 58th out of 113 countries with data for 2022.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Suriname 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.