ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) vs Sri Lanka: Proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
88.5%
in 2024
Sri Lanka
99.9%
in 2023
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank
79th
Sri Lanka rank
76th

Proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing over time

  • ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 99.9% against 88.5% in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), a difference of 11.4%.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2018 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 79th and Sri Lanka ranks 76th of 153 groups.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
2010s 80.3% 82.5% 2.2% Sri Lanka
2020s 84.0% 95.5% 11.5% Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing, ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 99.9% against 88.5% in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) as of 2023.
What is the difference in proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing between ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) and Sri Lanka?
11.4%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) and Sri Lanka?
6 years are reported by both, from 2018 to 2023.
How do ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) and Sri Lanka rank globally for proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing?
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 79th and Sri Lanka ranks 76th of 153 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
255 places, 2,615 data points, 1999–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release