Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Nauru
Nauru: Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities was 100.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
100.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 106 countries
All-time high
100.0%
in 2022
All-time low
75.0%
in 2019
Years of data
6
2019–2025
Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Nauru, 2019–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Nauru stood at 100.0%. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 33.3% over ten years.
That places Nauru 1st out of 106 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Nauru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 75.0% | — |
| 2020 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 100.0% | +33.3% |
| 2023 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Nauru compared with similar countries
- Nauru's 100.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 100.0%, 1.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Nauru's 100.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 100.0%, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 75.0% | 75.0% | 75.0% | 1 |
| 2020s | 95.0% | 75.0% | 100.0% | 5 |
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More education data for Nauru
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 3 (2024)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 48 (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -7.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 66 (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Nauru?
- Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Nauru was 100.0% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities recorded in Nauru?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities recorded in Nauru?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.0% in 2019.
- How does Nauru rank for share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities?
- Nauru ranks 1st out of 106 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities rising or falling in Nauru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nauru data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of schools with basic handwashing facilities, by education level (%).