Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%) by country

Percentage of schools by level of education (primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education) with access to the given facility or service. The value is calculated as the number of schools in a given level of education with access to the relevant facilities expressed as a percentage of all schools at that...

Countries reporting
20
Highest
100.0%
Belgium
Lowest
100.0%
Spain
Median
100.0%
Years covered
22
1999–2020
Data points
416

What the numbers show

Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%) is currently reported for 20 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belgium; the lowest is 100.0% in Spain.

The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 100.0%.

Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belgium 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 Poland 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Norway 100.0% 2020 unchanged flat
1 Netherlands 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Monaco 100.0% 2020 flat
1 South Korea 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Italy 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Israel 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Hungary 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 France 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 Finland 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Australia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Barbados 100.0% 2019 flat
1 Switzerland 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Germany 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Spain 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
32 places, 416 data points, 1999–2020
Last refreshed

Percentage of schools by level of education (primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education) with access to the given facility or service. The value is calculated as the number of schools in a given level of education with access to the relevant facilities expressed as a percentage of all schools at that level of education. Basic handwashing facilities are defined as functional handwashing facilities, with soap and water available to all girls and boys. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/