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Basic handwashing facilities2024

Percentage of the population with basic handwashing facilities, including soap and water, at home.

World Bank
Comparable ranking year2024Latest published year: 2024
Economies with data91 / 217No observation: 126
First-ranked country or territoryBahrain100 %

Top 10

% · 2024
01Bahrain
100
01Qatar
100
05Mexico
98.79
06Aruba
98.61
08Iraq
97.4
10China
97.27

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Basic handwashing facilities · 2024 · %
RankCountry / territoryValue (%)Year
01Bahrain1002024
01Qatar1002024
01Turkmenistan1002024
04North Macedonia99.672024
05Mexico98.792024
06Aruba98.612024
07Saudi Arabia98.432024
08Iraq97.42024
09Philippines97.292024
10China97.272024
11Kyrgyzstan97.242024
12Azerbaijan95.982024
13Libya95.592024
14Ukraine95.382024
15Turks & Caicos Islands952024
16Palestinian Territories94.912024
17Thailand94.632024
18Bhutan94.522024
19Tuvalu93.912024
20Cuba93.42024
21Tunisia92.742024
22Egypt92.312024
23Ecuador91.942024
24Nauru90.792024
25India89.692024
26Vietnam89.112024
27El Salvador88.242024
28Sri Lanka87.692024
29Cambodia87.162024
30Fiji86.632024
31Mongolia86.42024
32Costa Rica85.992024
33Honduras84.982024
34Algeria84.932024
35Pakistan84.772024
36Syria84.52024
37Trinidad & Tobago84.122024
38Guyana83.452024
39Uzbekistan81.652024
40Tonga80.942024
41Indonesia79.782024
42Myanmar (Burma)74.672024
43Samoa71.942024
44Bangladesh71.822024
45Colombia70.432024
46Jamaica70.372024
47Nepal68.242024
48Laos63.612024
49Yemen63.352024
50Kiribati62.182024
51Cape Verde60.872024
52São Tomé & Príncipe58.312024
53Kenya57.512024
54Afghanistan51.942024
55Djibouti50.742024
56Dominican Republic48.532024
57Vanuatu48.412024
58Gabon48.172024
59Ghana45.482024
60Zimbabwe42.512024
61Mauritania40.72024
62Eswatini39.322024
63Cameroon37.82024
64Angola36.942024
65Papua New Guinea35.432024
66Comoros34.782024
67Nigeria31.312024
68Bolivia27.042024
69Senegal26.92024
70Chad26.272024
71Burkina Faso25.882024
72Uganda24.562024
73Madagascar23.532024
74Central African Republic22.412024
75Côte d’Ivoire22.012024
76South Sudan21.942024
77Niger21.532024
78Lesotho20.852024
79Guinea-Bissau19.762024
80Sierra Leone18.742024
81Rwanda18.452024
82Zambia18.382024
83Tanzania17.462024
84Somalia16.492024
85Mozambique15.812024
86Malawi15.42024
87Gambia12.962024
88Benin12.862024
89Sudan10.762024
90Ethiopia5.852024
91Liberia3.492024

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Source & definition

Indicator definition
Percentage of the population with basic handwashing facilities, including soap and water, at home.
Unit
%
Source & definition
World Bank · SH.STA.HYGN.ZS
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Original metadata
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.

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  "sourceOrganization": "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;\nUN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: washdata.org, note: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene",
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