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India: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban

96.15percent · 2024+27.7% since 2014

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. Annual figures for India from 2010 to 2024.

20102024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202496.149
202396.149
202293.829
202191.509
202089.19
201986.87
201884.55
201782.23
201679.91
201577.59
201475.271
201375.271
201275.271
201175.271
201075.271

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-with-basic-handwashing-facilities-including-soap-and-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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