Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
105
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
25.9%
Niger
Median
100.0%
Years covered
27
1999–2025
Data points
2,526

What the numbers show

Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%) is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 25.9% in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 93.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 283.5%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 36.5%).

Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Andorra 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 United Arab Emirates 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Australia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Austria 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Azerbaijan 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Belgium 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Bahrain 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Belarus 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Barbados 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Brunei 100.0% 2020 flat
1 Switzerland 100.0% 2024 up 1.8% flat
1 Chile 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cabo Verde 100.0% 2022 up 12.0% rising
1 Cuba 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cayman Islands 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Czechia 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Germany 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Dominica 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Spain 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Finland 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 France 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Georgia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Gibraltar 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Grenada 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Hong Kong (China) 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Hungary 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Iceland 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Israel 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Italy 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100.0% 2024 unchanged rising
1 Korea 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Kuwait 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Saint Lucia 100.0% 2023 up 1.3% flat
1 Lithuania 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Luxembourg 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Macau (China) 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Monaco 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Mongolia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Mauritius 100.0% 2024 up 12.8% rising
1 Malaysia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Netherlands 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Norway 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Nauru 100.0% 2025 up 33.3% rising
1 New Zealand 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Oman 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Palau 100.0% 2024 rising
1 Poland 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Qatar 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Rwanda 100.0% 2024 up 152.0% rising
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Singapore 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 San Marino 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Slovak Republic 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Seychelles 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Turks and Caicos Islands 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Thailand 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Turkmenistan 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Türkiye 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 British Virgin Islands 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cook Islands 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Montserrat 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Niue 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Tokelau 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
66 Uzbekistan 100.0% 2025 up 12.6% rising
67 Syria 99.9% 2024 flat
68 Sri Lanka 99.8% 2023 up 21.4% rising
69 Bhutan 99.5% 2024 up 22.8% rising
70 Algeria 99.3% 2025 up 8.8% rising
71 Palestine 99.2% 2023 up 3.6% flat
72 China (People’s Republic of) 99.1% 2024 up 2.0% flat
73 Jamaica 98.0% 2024 up 4.3% flat
74 Armenia 97.7% 2024 flat
75 Tunisia 97.6% 2023 up 10.7% flat
76 Moldova 96.2% 2024 down 3.8% flat
77 Costa Rica 95.6% 2020 rising
78 Lebanon 95.5% 2024 down 4.5% falling
79 Tonga 95.3% 2024 rising
80 India 95.2% 2025 up 10.2% rising
81 Philippines 93.5% 2024 up 32.5% rising
82 Ukraine 92.0% 2024 up 32.7% rising
83 Tuvalu 90.0% 2025 down 10.0% falling
84 Panama 87.3% 2024 up 64.0% rising
85 Ecuador 87.1% 2024 up 8.8% rising
86 Mexico 86.8% 2025 up 20.0% rising
87 Cambodia 86.4% 2024 up 77.0% rising
88 Micronesia (country) 86.1% 2024 up 89.2% rising
89 Morocco 81.6% 2024 up 1.0% flat
90 Zimbabwe 79.8% 2024 up 24.1% rising
91 Togo 74.6% 2024 up 283.5% rising
92 Marshall Islands 70.7% 2023 up 95.3% rising
93 Samoa 70.2% 2024 down 29.8% falling
94 Nepal 63.3% 2025 up 86.4% rising
95 Senegal 62.4% 2024 up 55.0% rising
96 Indonesia 60.8% 2025 down 12.0% falling
97 Sierra Leone 52.5% 2024 down 36.5% falling
98 Côte d’Ivoire 48.7% 2024 up 88.9% rising
99 Burkina Faso 40.0% 2024 up 117.4% rising
100 Chad 29.4% 2024 up 50.2% rising
101 Niger 25.9% 2024 up 79.4% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
238 places, 2,526 data points, 1999–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release