North Macedonia's people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban (% of urban population) was 99.62% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is unchanged since 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 99.62% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 99.62% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 99.62% | 2014 |
| Highest | 99.62% | 2000 |
| Lowest | 99.62% | 2000 |
| Average since 2015 | 99.62% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 99.62% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, North Macedonia had the 2nd highest value of the 71 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to North Macedonia in the 2024 ranking
- Turkmenistan — 1st of 71: 100%
- Ukraine — 3rd of 71: 98.6%
- Mexico — 4th of 71: 98.52%
- Iraq — 5th of 71: 97.6%
What this measures
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.
Limitations: Generally, data on handwashing facilities are limited in high-income countries due to the infrequent collection of such information. In the early 2000s, even low- and middle-income countries often lacked this data. However, the recent standardization of hygiene-related questions in international surveys has led to an improvement in the availability of data.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 25 values
| Year | People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban (% of urban population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.62 |
| 2023 | 99.62 |
| 2022 | 99.62 |
| 2021 | 99.62 |
| 2020 | 99.62 |
| 2019 | 99.62 |
| 2018 | 99.62 |
| 2017 | 99.62 |
| 2016 | 99.62 |
| 2015 | 99.62 |
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban (% of urban population) in nearby economies
- Armenia — 96.81% (2022)
- Azerbaijan — 96.31% (2024)
- Kyrgyz Republic — 97.17% (2024)
- Tajikistan — 86.75% (2023)
- Turkmenistan — 100% (2024)
- Ukraine — 98.6% (2024)
More health data for North Macedonia
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 4.53% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.15% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 146,598 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 15.68% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 154,394 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 17.42% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 300,992 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 16.53% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is North Macedonia's people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban (% of urban population)?
- 99.62% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is unchanged since 2000. The highest value was 99.62% in 2000 and the lowest 99.62% in 2000.
- How does North Macedonia rank?
- 2nd highest of 71 economies with data for 2024.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: 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….
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.STA.HYGN.UR.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: 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… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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