Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
95
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
46.0%
Nepal
Median
100.0%
Years covered
27
1999–2025
Data points
2,455

What the numbers show

Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%) is currently reported for 95 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 46.0% in Nepal.

The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 96.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 360.1%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 31.1%).

Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Andorra 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 United Arab Emirates 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Australia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Austria 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Azerbaijan 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Belgium 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Bahrain 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Belarus 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Barbados 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Brunei 100.0% 2020 flat
1 Switzerland 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Chile 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cabo Verde 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Cuba 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cayman Islands 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Czechia 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Germany 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Dominica 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Spain 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Finland 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 France 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Georgia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Gibraltar 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Grenada 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Hong Kong (China) 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Hungary 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Iceland 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Israel 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Italy 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Korea 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Kuwait 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Saint Lucia 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Lithuania 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Luxembourg 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Macau (China) 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Monaco 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Mongolia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Mauritius 100.0% 2024 up 19.3% rising
1 Malaysia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Netherlands 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Norway 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Nauru 100.0% 2025 up 25.0% rising
1 New Zealand 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Oman 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Palau 100.0% 2024 rising
1 Poland 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Qatar 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Rwanda 100.0% 2024 up 110.9% rising
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Singapore 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 San Marino 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Slovak Republic 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Seychelles 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Thailand 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Turkmenistan 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Tonga 100.0% 2024 rising
1 Tunisia 100.0% 2023 up 0.2% flat
1 Türkiye 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Tuvalu 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 British Virgin Islands 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cook Islands 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Montserrat 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Niue 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Tokelau 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
68 Uzbekistan 100.0% 2025 up 12.7% rising
69 Sri Lanka 99.9% 2023 up 18.9% rising
70 Palestine 99.7% 2023 up 0.7% flat
71 China (People’s Republic of) 99.3% 2024 up 1.0% flat
72 Bhutan 99.0% 2024 up 28.3% rising
73 Armenia 98.1% 2024 flat
74 India 96.3% 2025 up 8.1% rising
75 Moldova 96.3% 2024 down 3.7% flat
76 Lebanon 96.2% 2024 down 3.8% flat
77 Ecuador 94.9% 2024 up 3.2% flat
78 Ukraine 94.0% 2024 up 5.0% flat
79 Bangladesh 91.5% 2024 up 202.4% volatile
80 Philippines 90.9% 2024 up 9.6% rising
81 Mexico 90.3% 2025 up 16.7% rising
82 Panama 89.0% 2024 up 56.8% rising
83 Micronesia (country) 86.7% 2024 up 92.9% rising
84 Morocco 86.7% 2024 down 10.7% falling
85 Côte d’Ivoire 85.3% 2024 down 14.7% falling
86 Zimbabwe 78.2% 2024 up 57.9% rising
87 Togo 72.2% 2024 up 360.1% volatile
88 Samoa 70.2% 2024 down 29.8% falling
89 Indonesia 61.7% 2025 down 6.6% flat
90 Sierra Leone 53.7% 2024 down 31.1% falling
91 Nepal 46.0% 2025 up 13.6% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
244 places, 2,455 data points, 1999–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release