People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zambia
Zambia: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 28.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zambia, 2008–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 28.7% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 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 Zambia peaked at 28.7% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 28.7%, in 2008.
Zambia ranks 96th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zambia, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 28.7% | — |
| 2009 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.7% | 28.7% | 28.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 28.7% | 28.7% | 28.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.7% | 28.7% | 28.7% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zambia?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Zambia was 28.7% 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 28.7% in 2008.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.7% in 2008.
- How does Zambia rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Zambia ranks 96th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Zambia 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.