Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing was 44.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 2020–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) is 44.5%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.7% on the previous year and down 27.0% over five years.
That places ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 148th out of 148 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 3.78 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.73 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 14.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 859,574 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 229,324 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 2.07 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 4.15 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 2.09 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 44.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 62.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.5% in 2024.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 148th out of 148 groups with data for 2024.
- Where does this ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release