Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438): Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities was 80.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
80.8%
Change on year
down 0.3%
Rank
95th
of 132 groups
All-time high
81.1%
in 2023
All-time low
75.5%
in 2018
Years of data
7
2018–2024
Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), 2018–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) stood at 80.8%.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 95th of 132 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 75.5% | — |
| 2019 | 75.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 77.3% | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 79.3% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 80.5% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 81.1% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 80.8% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 75.5% | 75.5% | 75.5% | 2 |
| 2020s | 79.8% | 77.3% | 81.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4555 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.5884 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 82.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 82.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 41.49 million (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) was 80.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The highest recorded value was 81.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.5% in 2018.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank for proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities?
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 95th out of 132 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release