Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Nepal
Nepal: Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities was 63.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
63.3%
Change on year
up 26.9%
World rank
99th
of 106 countries
All-time high
63.3%
in 2025
All-time low
34.0%
in 2020
Years of data
6
2020–2025
Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Nepal, 2020–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 63.3% for share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in 2025. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 26.9% on the previous year and up 86.4% over ten years.
Nepal ranks 99th of 106 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Nepal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 34.0% | — |
| 2021 | 34.3% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 35.1% | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 44.4% | +26.3% |
| 2024 | 49.9% | +12.4% |
| 2025 | 63.3% | +26.9% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 63.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 86.4%, 73% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Nepal
More education data for Nepal
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 124,257 (2025)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 263,796 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 752,326 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 609,324 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.67 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.57 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1204 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Nepal?
- Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Nepal was 63.3% 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 63.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.0% in 2020.
- How does Nepal rank for share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities?
- Nepal ranks 99th out of 106 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 86.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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 (%).