⚠️ Unconfirmedhealth2022
Share of population with at least basic handwashing facilities at home
% of people with a basic handwashing facility (soap and water) at home by country, based on WHO/UNICEF JMP estimates (latest year, mostly 2022).
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene•183 countries
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Key Insights
Global Average
76.1%
Median: 97.0%
Countries Covered
183
with available data
Highest
Belarus
100.0%
Lowest
Eritrea
6.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Belarus100.0%
2Canada100.0%
3Cayman Islands100.0%
4Chile100.0%
5People's Republic of China100.0%
By Region
Oceania100.0%(2 countries)
Europe98.8%(32 countries)
South America94.9%(7 countries)
North America92.0%(4 countries)
Asia88.4%(25 countries)
Key Findings
- •Many high-income countries are at or near universal (≈100%) access to basic handwashing facilities.
- •Several low-income and conflict-affected countries remain below 20%, indicating major gaps in hygiene-enabling infrastructure.
- •The indicator can diverge sharply from ‘improved water’ metrics because it requires soap and water together at a dedicated handwashing location.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (2.0%)High (100.0%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 76.1%)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Asia (25)
Other (104)
Africa (9)
About This Statistic
This statistic measures the share of a country’s population living in households that have a designated place for handwashing where both soap (or detergent) and water are available at the time of survey/observation. It’s produced by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) and is widely used to track hygiene access under SDG 6.2.
Unlike broader “water access” indicators, this focuses specifically on the presence of soap and water together at a handwashing location in the home—an important predictor for reducing infectious disease transmission. Values come from harmonized household surveys (e.g., DHS, MICS) and JMP modelling to generate comparable national estimates across countries and years.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% |
| 2 | Canada | 100.0% |
| 3 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% |
| 4 | Chile | 100.0% |
| 5 | People's Republic of China | 100.0% |
| 6 | Croatia | 100.0% |
| 7 | Cyprus | 100.0% |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 100.0% |
| 9 | Denmark | 100.0% |
| 10 | Dominica | 100.0% |
| 11 | Estonia | 100.0% |
| 12 | Faroe Islands | 100.0% |
| 13 | Finland | 100.0% |
| 14 | France | 100.0% |
| 15 | Georgia | 100.0% |
| 16 | State of Palestine | 100.0% |
| 17 | Germany | 100.0% |
| 18 | Greece | 100.0% |
| 19 | Greenland | 100.0% |
| 20 | Hungary | 100.0% |
| 21 | Iceland | 100.0% |
| 22 | Ireland | 100.0% |
| 23 | Israel | 100.0% |
| 24 | Italy | 100.0% |
| 25 | Japan | 100.0% |
| 26 | North Korea | 100.0% |
| 27 | South Korea | 100.0% |
| 28 | Kuwait | 100.0% |
| 29 | Lebanon | 100.0% |
| 30 | Latvia | 100.0% |
| 31 | Libya | 100.0% |
| 32 | Lithuania | 100.0% |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 100.0% |
| 34 | Malta | 100.0% |
| 35 | Mauritius | 100.0% |
| 36 | Monaco | 100.0% |
| 37 | Montenegro | 100.0% |
| 38 | Oman | 100.0% |
| 39 | Netherlands | 100.0% |
| 40 | New Zealand | 100.0% |
| 41 | Norway | 100.0% |
| 42 | Poland | 100.0% |
| 43 | Portugal | 100.0% |
| 44 | Qatar | 100.0% |
| 45 | Romania | 100.0% |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% |
| 47 | Serbia | 100.0% |
| 48 | Singapore | 100.0% |
| 49 | Slovakia | 100.0% |
| 50 | Slovenia | 100.0% |
| 51 | Spain | 100.0% |
| 52 | Sweden | 100.0% |
| 53 | Switzerland | 100.0% |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.0% |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% |
| 56 | Türkiye | 100.0% |
| 57 | Ukraine | 100.0% |
| 58 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 100.0% |
| 59 | United Kingdom | 100.0% |
| 60 | United States of America | 100.0% |
| 61 | Samoa | 100.0% |
| 62 | Afghanistan | 100.0% |
| 63 | Algeria | 100.0% |
| 64 | Andorra | 100.0% |
| 65 | Argentina | 100.0% |
| 66 | Australia | 100.0% |
| 67 | Austria | 100.0% |
| 68 | Bahamas | 100.0% |
| 69 | Bahrain | 100.0% |
| 70 | Armenia | 100.0% |
| 71 | Barbados | 100.0% |
| 72 | Belgium | 100.0% |
| 73 | Bhutan | 100.0% |
| 74 | Botswana | 100.0% |
| 75 | Brazil | 100.0% |
| 76 | Brunei Darussalam | 100.0% |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 99.0% |
| 78 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 99.0% |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 99.0% |
| 80 | Jordan | 99.0% |
| 81 | Maldives | 99.0% |
| 82 | Russian Federation | 99.0% |
| 83 | Seychelles | 99.0% |
| 84 | Thailand | 99.0% |
| 85 | Tunisia | 99.0% |
| 86 | Uruguay | 99.0% |
| 87 | Albania | 99.0% |
| 88 | Bermuda | 99.0% |
| 89 | Cuba | 98.0% |
| 90 | Jamaica | 98.0% |
| 91 | Fiji | 97.0% |
| 92 | Egypt | 97.0% |
| 93 | Suriname | 96.0% |
| 94 | Venezuela | 95.0% |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 93.0% |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 92.0% |
| 97 | Mexico | 92.0% |
| 98 | Moldova, Republic of | 92.0% |
| 99 | Peru | 92.0% |
| 100 | Turkmenistan | 91.0% |
| 101 | Ecuador | 90.0% |
| 102 | Malaysia | 89.0% |
| 103 | Guyana | 88.0% |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 88.0% |
| 105 | Panama | 87.0% |
| 106 | Paraguay | 86.0% |
| 107 | Syrian Arab Republic | 86.0% |
| 108 | Belize | 86.0% |
| 109 | Dominican Republic | 85.0% |
| 110 | Iraq | 85.0% |
| 111 | Philippines | 85.0% |
| 112 | Vietnam | 85.0% |
| 113 | Colombia | 83.0% |
| 114 | El Salvador | 79.0% |
| 115 | Morocco | 77.0% |
| 116 | Guatemala | 76.0% |
| 117 | Honduras | 76.0% |
| 118 | Indonesia | 76.0% |
| 119 | South Africa | 74.0% |
| 120 | Solomon Islands | 74.0% |
| 121 | India | 73.0% |
| 122 | Mongolia | 72.0% |
| 123 | New Caledonia | 71.0% |
| 124 | Tajikistan | 69.0% |
| 125 | Namibia | 67.0% |
| 126 | Bolivia | 66.0% |
| 127 | Nicaragua | 65.0% |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 64.0% |
| 129 | Bulgaria | 63.0% |
| 130 | Cape Verde | 62.0% |
| 131 | Pakistan | 61.0% |
| 132 | Nepal | 60.0% |
| 133 | Eswatini | 58.0% |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea | 57.0% |
| 135 | Gabon | 55.0% |
| 136 | Burundi | 52.0% |
| 137 | Djibouti | 50.0% |
| 138 | Papua New Guinea | 50.0% |
| 139 | Cameroon | 49.0% |
| 140 | Timor-Leste | 49.0% |
| 141 | Cambodia | 48.0% |
| 142 | Cote d'Ivoire | 45.0% |
| 143 | Ghana | 43.0% |
| 144 | Nigeria | 41.0% |
| 145 | Bangladesh | 41.0% |
| 146 | Haiti | 36.0% |
| 147 | Zimbabwe | 36.0% |
| 148 | Myanmar | 35.0% |
| 149 | Central African Republic | 35.0% |
| 150 | Madagascar | 35.0% |
| 151 | Kenya | 34.0% |
| 152 | Togo | 34.0% |
| 153 | Montserrat | 33.0% |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 33.0% |
| 155 | Benin | 32.0% |
| 156 | Uganda | 31.0% |
| 157 | Senegal | 28.0% |
| 158 | Sudan | 28.0% |
| 159 | Angola | 28.0% |
| 160 | Comoros | 27.0% |
| 161 | Republic of The Gambia | 26.0% |
| 162 | Guinea | 26.0% |
| 163 | Mali | 26.0% |
| 164 | Yemen | 26.0% |
| 165 | Guinea-Bissau | 25.0% |
| 166 | Republic of the Congo | 24.0% |
| 167 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 24.0% |
| 168 | Lesotho | 24.0% |
| 169 | Mauritania | 24.0% |
| 170 | Zambia | 24.0% |
| 171 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 21.0% |
| 172 | Malawi | 20.0% |
| 173 | United Republic of Tanzania | 20.0% |
| 174 | Mozambique | 19.0% |
| 175 | Liberia | 17.0% |
| 176 | Sierra Leone | 16.0% |
| 177 | Chad | 13.0% |
| 178 | Rwanda | 13.0% |
| 179 | Somalia | 12.0% |
| 180 | South Sudan | 12.0% |
| 181 | Niger | 11.0% |
| 182 | Ethiopia | 10.0% |
| 183 | Eritrea | 6.0% |
Showing 183 of 183 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2022).
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