Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing was 84.1% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), 2016–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) stood at 84.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 84.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 82.6%, in 2017.
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 104th of 148 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 82.6% | — |
| 2017 | 82.6% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 82.9% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 82.8% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 83.2% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 83.6% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 83.8% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 84.3% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 84.1% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 82.7% | 82.6% | 82.9% | 4 |
| 2020s | 83.8% | 83.2% | 84.3% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 119.33 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 112.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 120.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 73.77 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -6.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 57.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.0947 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) was 84.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing recorded in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 84.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing recorded in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.6% in 2017.
- How does WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank for proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing?
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 104th out of 148 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing rising or falling in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 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