Proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing in Nepal
Nepal: Proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing was 45.5% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Latest (2025)
45.5%
Change on year
down 37.0%
World rank
96th
of 97 countries
All-time high
72.8%
in 2023
All-time low
45.5%
in 2025
Years of data
5
2020–2025
Proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing in Nepal, 2020–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 45.5% for proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 37.0% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
That places Nepal 96th out of 97 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 93 Indonesia 66.1% compare
- 94 Côte d’Ivoire 66.0% compare
- 95 Sierra Leone 60.4% compare
- 97 Burundi 25.4% compare
More education data for Nepal
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 128.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 157,456 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.96 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 126.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing in Nepal?
- Proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing in Nepal was 45.5% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 72.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.5% in 2025.
- How does Nepal rank for proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing?
- Nepal ranks 96th out of 97 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nepal 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release