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People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (% of population)

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.

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Key Insights

Global Average
61.0%
Median: 70.4%
Countries Covered
109
with available data
Highest
Qatar
100.0%
Lowest
Liberia
3.5%
Top 5 Countries
1Qatar100.0%
2Turkmenistan100.0%
3Bahrain100.0%
4The Republic of North Macedonia99.7%
5Montenegro99.2%
By Region
North America98.8%(1 countries)
Europe95.4%(1 countries)
Asia85.9%(14 countries)
South America81.2%(2 countries)
Other56.5%(83 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (3.5%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 61.0%)

North America (1)
Europe (1)
Asia (14)
South America (2)
Other (83)
Africa (8)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Qatar100.0%
2Turkmenistan100.0%
3Bahrain100.0%
4The Republic of North Macedonia99.7%
5Montenegro99.2%
6Mexico98.8%
7Aruba98.6%
8Saudi Arabia98.4%
9Oman97.4%
10Iraq97.4%
11Philippines97.3%
12People's Republic of China97.3%
13Kyrgyzstan97.2%
14Azerbaijan96.0%
15Maldives95.8%
16Libya95.6%
17Ukraine95.4%
18Turks and Caicos Islands95.0%
19State of Palestine94.9%
20Thailand94.6%
21Bhutan94.5%
22Armenia94.4%
23Tuvalu93.9%
24Cuba93.4%
25Tunisia92.7%
26Egypt92.3%
27Ecuador91.9%
28Georgia91.8%
29Nauru90.8%
30Belize90.3%
31India89.7%
32Vietnam89.1%
33El Salvador88.2%
34Sri Lanka87.7%
35Cambodia87.2%
36Fiji86.6%
37Mongolia86.4%
38Costa Rica86.0%
39Marshall Islands85.1%
40Honduras85.0%
41Algeria84.9%
42Pakistan84.8%
43Syrian Arab Republic84.5%
44Trinidad and Tobago84.1%
45Guyana83.5%
46Uzbekistan81.6%
47Tonga80.9%
48Paraguay80.2%
49Indonesia79.8%
50Myanmar74.7%
51Tajikistan73.0%
52Suriname72.1%
53Samoa71.9%
54Bangladesh71.8%
55Colombia70.4%
56Jamaica70.4%
57Nepal68.2%
58Lao People's Democratic Republic63.6%
59Yemen63.3%
60Kiribati62.2%
61Cape Verde60.9%
62Sao Tome and Principe58.3%
63Kenya57.5%
64Afghanistan51.9%
65Djibouti50.7%
66Dominican Republic48.5%
67Vanuatu48.4%
68Gabon48.2%
69Ghana45.5%
70South Africa44.4%
71Zimbabwe42.5%
72Mauritania40.7%
73Eswatini39.3%
74Cameroon37.8%
75Angola36.9%
76Papua New Guinea35.4%
77Comoros34.8%
78Nigeria31.3%
79Timor-Leste28.4%
80Bolivia27.0%
81Senegal26.9%
82Chad26.3%
83Burkina Faso25.9%
84Uganda24.6%
85Madagascar23.5%
86Haiti22.7%
87Central African Republic22.4%
88Cote d'Ivoire22.0%
89South Sudan21.9%
90Niger21.5%
91Lesotho20.9%
92Guinea20.6%
93Guinea-Bissau19.8%
94Democratic Republic of the Congo19.4%
95Sierra Leone18.7%
96Rwanda18.5%
97Zambia18.4%
98United Republic of Tanzania17.5%
99Togo17.4%
100Mali17.3%
101Somalia16.5%
102Mozambique15.8%
103Malawi15.4%
104Republic of The Gambia13.0%
105Benin12.9%
106Sudan10.8%
107Burundi6.4%
108Ethiopia5.9%
109Liberia3.5%
Showing 109 of 109 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).

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