People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … urban in Suriname
Suriname: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … urban 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 … urban 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% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 74.8% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 93.0%, 80% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 74.8% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 85.4%, 88% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
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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- 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)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 22 (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)
- Population ages 05-09, female, annual growth rate -1.05 % change on previous year (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.