Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Switzerland
Switzerland: Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities was 100.0% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Latest (2019)
100.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 88 countries
All-time high
100.0%
in 2011
All-time low
100.0%
in 2011
Years of data
9
2011–2019
Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Switzerland, 2011–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Switzerland stood at 100.0%. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Switzerland peaked at 100.0% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 100.0%, in 2011.
That places Switzerland 1st out of 88 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
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More education data for Switzerland
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.7% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 58,349 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.44 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Switzerland?
- Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Switzerland was 100.0% in 2019, 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 100.0% in 2011.
- How does Switzerland rank for share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities?
- Switzerland ranks 1st out of 88 countries with data for 2019.
- Is share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Switzerland 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 (%)