People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Tonga
Tonga: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 85.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Tonga, 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
In 2024, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Tonga stood at 85.5%. That is the highest value across all 12 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 Tonga peaked at 85.5% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 85.5%, in 2013.
That places Tonga 45th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 85.5% | — |
| 2014 | 85.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 85.5% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 85.5% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 85.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 85.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 85.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 85.5% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 85.5% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 85.5% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 85.5% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 85.5% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 85.5% | 85.5% | 85.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 85.5% | 85.5% | 85.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 42 Tajikistan 86.7% compare
- 43 Costa Rica 86.5% compare
- 44 Marshall Islands 86.4% compare
- 46 Trinidad and Tobago 85.5% compare
- 47 Honduras 85.4% compare
- 48 Paraguay 85.1% compare
More health data for Tonga
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -33.33 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 2.33 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 834.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 15-19, male, annual growth rate 3.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per capita 0.0575 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per capita 0.049 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Tonga?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Tonga was 85.5% 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 Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 85.5% in 2013.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.5% in 2013.
- How does Tonga rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Tonga ranks 45th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Tonga 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.