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

27.83percent · 2024+369.7% 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 Lesotho from 2008 to 2024.

20082024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202427.83
202325.64
202223.449
202121.259
202019.068
201916.878
201814.687
201712.496
201610.306
20158.115
20145.925
20133.734
20121.544
20111.544
20101.544
20091.544
20081.544

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 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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