Proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing 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 upper secondary schools with basic handwashing was 88.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
88.5%
Change on year
up 1.7%
Rank
79th
of 153 groups
All-time high
88.5%
in 2024
All-time low
79.0%
in 2019
Years of data
7
2018–2024
Proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing 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 upper secondary schools with basic handwashing in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) stood at 88.5%. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 79th of 153 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 81.7% | — |
| 2019 | 79.0% | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 80.4% | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 83.1% | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 85.6% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 87.0% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 88.5% | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 80.3% | 79.0% | 81.7% | 2 |
| 2020s | 84.9% | 80.4% | 88.5% | 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 upper secondary schools with basic handwashing in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- Proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) was 88.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The highest recorded value was 88.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.0% in 2019.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank for proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing?
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 79th out of 153 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. 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 upper secondary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release