Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302): Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing was 73.5% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), 2016–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) recorded 73.5% for proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
That places ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 123rd out of 148 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 74.0% | — |
| 2017 | 74.2% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 74.3% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 73.9% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 73.5% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 74.2% | 74.0% | 74.3% | 3 |
| 2020s | 73.7% | 73.5% | 73.9% | 2 |
More education data for ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 31.52 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 13.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 31.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 20.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 3.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 30.97 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.10 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.51 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) was 73.5% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The highest recorded value was 74.3% in 2018.
- What is the lowest proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.5% in 2022.
- How does ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) rank for proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing?
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 123rd out of 148 groups with data for 2022.
- Is proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing rising or falling in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 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