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

79.22percent · 2024+393.7% 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 Kenya from 2011 to 2024.

20112024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202479.222
202372.202
202265.182
202158.163
202051.143
201944.124
201837.104
201730.084
201623.065
201516.045
201416.045
201316.045
201216.045
201116.045

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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