Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing was 64.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
64.0%
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
138th
of 148 groups
All-time high
64.1%
in 2023
All-time low
57.5%
in 2019
Years of data
8
2017–2024
Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 2017–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 recorded 64.0% for proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 138th out of 148 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 59.0% | — |
| 2018 | 60.8% | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 57.5% | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 57.8% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 60.3% | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 61.9% | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 64.1% | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 64.0% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 59.1% | 57.5% | 60.8% | 3 |
| 2020s | 61.6% | 57.8% | 64.1% | 5 |
More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 24.30 million (2024)
All data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 64.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 64.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.5% in 2019.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 138th out of 148 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 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