People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water
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.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 120
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
World Health Organization
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: washdata.org, publisher: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org), date accessed: 2025-09-30, date published: 2025-08-25
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UNICEF
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: washdata.org, note: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
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Read from
World Bank
World Development Indicators
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Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2024 | 51.94 | percent |
| Algeria | 2024 | 84.93 | percent |
| Angola | 2024 | 36.94 | percent |
| Aruba | 2024 | 98.61 | percent |
| Azerbaijan | 2024 | 95.98 | percent |
| Bahrain | 2024 | 100 | percent |
| Bangladesh | 2024 | 71.82 | percent |
| Benin | 2024 | 12.86 | percent |
| Bhutan | 2024 | 94.52 | percent |
| Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2024 | 27.04 | percent |
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