Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities was 99.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
99.8%
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
66th
of 88 countries
All-time high
99.8%
in 2023
All-time low
78.0%
in 2019
Years of data
8
2016–2023
Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Sri Lanka, 2016–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Sri Lanka stood at 99.8%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
That places Sri Lanka 66th out of 88 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 82.3% | 78.0% | 85.9% | 4 |
| 2020s | 95.1% | 82.0% | 99.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More education data for Sri Lanka
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 91.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 73,333 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.95 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 92.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Sri Lanka?
- Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Sri Lanka was 99.8% in 2023, 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.0% in 2019.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities?
- Sri Lanka ranks 66th out of 88 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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 (%)