Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing was 73.5% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 2016–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) is 73.5%, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 125th of 148 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 74.0% | — |
| 2017 | 74.2% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 74.3% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 73.9% | -0.6% |
| 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- 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 31.91 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 13.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 20.91 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 3.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 31.38 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.29 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.69 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 74.3% in 2018.
- What is the lowest proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.5% in 2022.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 125th out of 148 groups with data for 2022.
- Is proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release