Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in WB: North America
WB: North America: Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities was 100.0% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Latest (2020)
100.0%
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
1st
of 132 groups
All-time high
100.0%
in 2014
All-time low
100.0%
in 2019
Years of data
7
2014–2020
Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in WB: North America, 2014–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: North America recorded 100.0% for proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in 2020. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
That places WB: North America 1st out of 132 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in WB: North America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 100.0% | — |
| 2015 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near WB: North America
- 1 Anguilla 100.0%
- 1 Andorra 100.0% compare
- 1 United Arab Emirates 100.0%
- 1 Australia 100.0% compare
- 1 Austria 100.0% compare
- 1 Azerbaijan 100.0% compare
- 1 Belgium 100.0% compare
- 1 Bahrain 100.0% compare
- 1 Belarus 100.0% compare
- 1 Barbados 100.0% compare
- 1 Brunei Darussalam 100.0% compare
- 1 Switzerland 100.0% compare
- 1 Chile 100.0% compare
- 1 Cook Islands 100.0% compare
- 1 Cape Verde 100.0%
- 1 Cuba 100.0%
- 1 Cayman Islands 100.0%
- 1 Czechia 100.0% compare
- 1 Germany 100.0% compare
- 1 Dominica 100.0% compare
- 1 Denmark 100.0% compare
- 1 Spain 100.0% compare
- 1 Estonia 100.0% compare
- 1 Finland 100.0% compare
- 1 France 100.0% compare
- 1 Georgia 100.0% compare
- 1 Gibraltar 100.0% compare
- 1 Grenada 100.0% compare
- 1 Hong Kong, China 100.0% compare
- 1 Hungary 100.0% compare
- 1 Iceland 100.0% compare
- 1 Israel 100.0% compare
- 1 Italy 100.0%
- 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100.0% compare
- 1 Republic of Korea 100.0% compare
- 1 Kuwait 100.0% compare
- 1 Saint Lucia 100.0% compare
- 1 Lithuania 100.0%
- 1 Luxembourg 100.0% compare
- 1 Macau, China 100.0% compare
- 1 Monaco 100.0% compare
- 1 Mongolia 100.0% compare
- 1 Montserrat 100.0% compare
- 1 Mauritius 100.0%
- 1 Malaysia 100.0% compare
- 1 Niue 100.0% compare
- 1 Netherlands 100.0% compare
- 1 Norway 100.0% compare
- 1 Naoero 100.0%
- 1 New Zealand 100.0% compare
- 1 Oman 100.0% compare
- 1 Palau 100.0%
- 1 Poland 100.0% compare
- 1 Portugal 100.0% compare
- 1 Qatar 100.0% compare
- 1 Rwanda 100.0% compare
- 1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% compare
- 1 Singapore 100.0% compare
- 1 San Marino 100.0%
- 1 Slovakia 100.0% compare
- 1 Slovenia 100.0% compare
- 1 Sweden 100.0% compare
- 1 Seychelles 100.0% compare
- 1 Turks and Caicos Islands 100.0%
- 1 Thailand 100.0%
- 1 Tokelau 100.0%
- 1 Turkmenistan 100.0%
- 1 Türkiye 100.0% compare
- 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% compare
- 1 British Virgin Islands 100.0% compare
More education data for WB: North America
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 28.14 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 99.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 13.65 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 0.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 14.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 8.81 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.04 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 7.07 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 14.50 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 7.42 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in WB: North America?
- Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in WB: North America was 100.0% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities recorded in WB: North America?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2014.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities recorded in WB: North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 100.0% in 2019.
- How does WB: North America rank for proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities?
- WB: North America ranks 1st out of 132 groups with data for 2020.
- Is proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities rising or falling in WB: North America?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this WB: North America 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