People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (% of population)

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About this dataset

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.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE202421.1698480780649Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW202429.7080918057718Africa Western and Central
ARB202475.2262527268632Arab World
CSS2024Caribbean small states
CEB2024Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR202481.8694688497168Early-demographic dividend
EAS202493.2372331366139East Asia & Pacific
EAP202493.2372472297925East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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Health · 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; 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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