People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … urban in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap … urban 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 … urban 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)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 24 (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)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0272 units per person (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.