Nepal vs Samoa: Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities
Nepal
63.3%
in 2025
Samoa
70.2%
in 2024
Nepal rank
99th
Samoa rank
98th
Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities over time
- Nepal
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 70.2% against 63.3% in Nepal, a difference of 6.9%.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.
Nepal ranks 99th and Samoa ranks 98th of 106 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities, Nepal or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 70.2% against 63.3% in Nepal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities between Nepal and Samoa?
- 6.9%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Samoa?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2020 to 2024.
- How do Nepal and Samoa rank globally for share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities?
- Nepal ranks 99th and Samoa ranks 98th of 106 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of schools with access to 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
Proportion of schools with basic handwashing facilities, by education level (%).