Share of the population with access to handwashing facilities in Maldives

Maldives: Share of the population with access to handwashing facilities was 95.84 in 2021. ▬ Flat

Latest (2021)
95.84
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
16th
of 113 countries
All-time high
95.84
in 2021
All-time low
95.78
in 2015
Years of data
7
2015–2021

Share of the population with access to handwashing facilities in Maldives, 2015–2021

0204060801002015201820212015: 95.82016: 95.82017: 95.82018: 95.82019: 95.82020: 95.82021: 95.8

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Maldives recorded 95.84 for share of the population with access to handwashing facilities in 2021. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% over ten years.

Maldives ranks 16th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Share of the population with access to handwashing facilities in Maldives, year by year

Annual values for Share of the population with access to handwashing facilities in Maldives, 2015 to 2021.
Year Value Change
2015 95.78
2016 95.79 +0.0%
2017 95.8 +0.0%
2018 95.81 +0.0%
2019 95.82 +0.0%
2020 95.83 +0.0%
2021 95.84 +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 95.8 95.78 95.82 5
2020s 95.83 95.83 95.84 2

Countries ranked near Maldives

  1. 13 China 97.27 compare
  2. 14 Kyrgyzstan 97.24 compare
  3. 15 Azerbaijan 95.98 compare
  4. 17 Libya 95.59
  5. 18 Ukraine 95.38 compare
  6. 19 Turks and Caicos Islands 95 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of the population with access to handwashing facilities in Maldives?
Share of the population with access to handwashing facilities in Maldives was 95.84 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest share of the population with access to handwashing facilities recorded in Maldives?
The highest recorded value was 95.84 in 2021.
What is the lowest share of the population with access to handwashing facilities recorded in Maldives?
The lowest recorded value was 95.78 in 2015.
How does Maldives rank for share of the population with access to handwashing facilities?
Maldives ranks 16th out of 113 countries with data for 2021.
Is share of the population with access to handwashing facilities rising or falling in Maldives?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Maldives data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population with access to handwashing facilities. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share of the population with access to handwashing facilities
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
113 places, 1,032 data points, 2015–2024
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