Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — Yemen

Handwashing facilities in Yemen in 2024 — 63.3%. Ranked 49 in the world out of 91. Since 2007, the indicator has risen by 19.5 pp.

2024 63.3% +1.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 49of 91
Period maximum 63.3%2024
Period minimum 43.9%2007

Trend over time

2007–2024 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — Yemen, 2007–202440455055606520072009201120132015201720192021202320242007: 43.9%2008: 44.1%2009: 44.3%2010: 44.5%2011: 44.7%2012: 46.3%2013: 47.8%2014: 49.3%2015: 50.8%2016: 52.2%2017: 53.7%2018: 55.1%2019: 56.5%2020: 57.9%2021: 59.3%2022: 60.7%2023: 62%2024: 63.3%
Change over the period: +19.5 pp Annual average: 1.14 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Yemen

Yemen 63.3%
World 78%
Low-income countries computed 24.6%
Handwashing facilities — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 63.3 +1.3 pp
2023 62 +1.3 pp
2022 60.7 +1.4 pp
2021 59.3 +1.4 pp
2020 57.9 +1.4 pp
2019 56.5 +1.4 pp
2018 55.1 +1.4 pp
2017 53.7 +1.5 pp
2016 52.2 +1.5 pp
2015 50.8 +1.5 pp
2014 49.3 +1.5 pp
2013 47.8 +1.5 pp
2012 46.3 +1.5 pp
2011 44.7 +0.2 pp
2010 44.5 +0.2 pp
2009 44.3 +0.2 pp
2008 44.1 +0.2 pp
2007 43.9

Western Asia, 2024

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About the indicator

The share of the population that has an equipped place for washing hands with water and soap in the dwelling. The indicator looks a small one next to piped water and sewerage, but in its contribution to reducing diarrheal and respiratory disease it is comparable to them, and it costs incomparably less. The COVID-19 pandemic made it visible: it turned out that in the poorest countries of Africa fewer than a quarter of the population have facilities for washing hands.

Important: Not all countries are surveyed: where practically everyone has such facilities, these data are not collected. That is why the aggregate by country group is computed only where coverage is sufficient — averaging the surveyed countries alone would give a picture noticeably worse than the reality.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.