People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: 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 Trinidad and Tobago, 2018–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Trinidad and Tobago recorded 85.5% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 46th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 85.5% | — |
| 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% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 85.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 88.7%, 96% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 85.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 85.4%, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 85.5% | 85.5% | 85.5% | 2 |
| 2020s | 85.5% | 85.5% | 85.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
- 43 Costa Rica 86.5% compare
- 44 Marshall Islands 86.4%
- 45 Tonga 85.5% compare
- 47 Honduras 85.4% compare
- 48 Paraguay 85.1%
- 49 Samoa 83.8% compare
More health data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.1463 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,638 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 24 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.35 % 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 0.0263 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -2.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Trinidad and Tobago?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Trinidad and Tobago 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 85.5% in 2018.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.5% in 2018.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 46th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.