Kiribati vs Nepal: Share of rural population with access to basic handwashing facilities

Kiribati

58.6%

in 2024

Nepal

65.8%

in 2024

Kiribati rank

58th

Nepal rank

57th

Share of rural population with access to basic handwashing facilities over time

Nepal currently reports 65.8% against 58.6% in Kiribati, a difference of 7.2%.

That makes Nepal's figure about 1.1 times Kiribati's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Kiribati ahead.

Kiribati ranks 58th and Nepal ranks 57th of 113 countries.

Indicator: Share of rural population with access to basic handwashing facilities
Unit: %
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 113 places, 1,715 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Proportion of people with access to a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home.