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

76.85percent · 2024+2.5% 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 Nepal from 2005 to 2024.

20052024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202476.852
202376.668
202276.484
202176.3
202076.116
201975.932
201875.748
201775.565
201675.381
201575.197
201475.013
201374.829
201274.645
201174.461
201074.277
200974.093
200874.093
200774.093
200674.093
200574.093

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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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