Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in UIS: Central and Eastern Europe
UIS: Central and Eastern Europe: Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities was 99.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in UIS: Central and Eastern Europe, 2011–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UIS: Central and Eastern Europe recorded 99.6% for proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in 2023. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in UIS: Central and Eastern Europe peaked at 99.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 93.4%, in 2011.
That places UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 28th out of 132 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in UIS: Central and Eastern Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 93.4% | — |
| 2012 | 94.1% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 94.7% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 95.5% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 96.5% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 97.5% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 97.7% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 97.9% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 97.7% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 98.1% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 99.5% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 99.6% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 96.1% | 93.4% | 97.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 99.2% | 98.1% | 99.6% | 4 |
More education data for UIS: Central and Eastern Europe
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 80.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 17.22 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 16.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 18.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 12.50 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 10.36 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 7.11 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 6.73 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in UIS: Central and Eastern Europe?
- Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in UIS: Central and Eastern Europe was 99.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities recorded in UIS: Central and Eastern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 99.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities recorded in UIS: Central and Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.4% in 2011.
- How does UIS: Central and Eastern Europe rank for proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities?
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe ranks 28th out of 132 groups with data for 2023.
- Is proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities rising or falling in UIS: Central and Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 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