People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … urban in Tonga
Tonga: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … urban 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 … urban 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% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 85.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 93.0%, 92% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 85.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 86.0%, 99% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
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)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 2 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -1.42 % 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 0.0535 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.36 % 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 0.0578 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.