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People without basic handwashing facilities

What you should know about this indicator

A basic handwashing facility is defined as a facility with soap and water available on premises.

How is this data described by its producer?

Availability of a handwashing facility lacking water and/or soap

People without basic handwashing facilities
People without access to a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home.
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Last updated
December 8, 2025
Next expected update
December 2027
Date range
2000–2024
Unit
people

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

World Health Organization/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene – WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP)

The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP) has reported country, regional and global estimates of progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) since 1990. The JMP maintains an extensive global database and has become the leading source of comparable estimates of progress at national, regional and global levels.

Retrieved on
December 8, 2025
Retrieved from
https://washdata.org/data/downloads#WLD
Citation
This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
World Health Organization/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025). Estimates for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services by country (2000-2024), https://washdata.org/data

The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP) has reported country, regional and global estimates of progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) since 1990. The JMP maintains an extensive global database and has become the leading source of comparable estimates of progress at national, regional and global levels.

Retrieved on
December 8, 2025
Retrieved from
https://washdata.org/data/downloads#WLD
Citation
This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
World Health Organization/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025). Estimates for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services by country (2000-2024), https://washdata.org/data

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“Data Page: People without basic handwashing facilities”, part of the following publication: Hannah Ritchie, Fiona Spooner, and Max Roser (2021) - “Clean Water and Sanitation”. Data adapted from World Health Organization/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene. Retrieved from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260511-105242/grapher/number-without-basic-handwashing.html [online resource] (archived on May 11, 2026).

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WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data

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WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. “People without basic handwashing facilities” [dataset]. World Health Organization/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, “WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP) 2000-2024 report” [original data]. Retrieved May 11, 2026 from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260511-105242/grapher/number-without-basic-handwashing.html (archived on May 11, 2026).

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