People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, rural (% of rural population) - Country Ranking

Definition: The percentage of people living in households that have a handwashing facility with soap and water available on the premises. Handwashing facilities may be fixed or mobile and include a sink with tap water, buckets with taps, tippy-taps, and jugs or basins designated for handwashing. Soap includes bar soap, liquid soap, powder detergent, and soapy water but does not include ash, soil, sand or other handwashing agents.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Kyrgyz Republic 100.00 2020
1 Turkmenistan 100.00 2020
3 North Macedonia 99.75 2020
4 Montenegro 99.28 2020
5 Kazakhstan 98.73 2019
6 Serbia 98.03 2014
7 Iraq 96.87 2020
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 96.05 2016
9 Bhutan 93.40 2020
10 Indonesia 91.46 2020
11 Armenia 91.10 2020
12 Belize 88.69 2020
13 Egypt 87.66 2020
14 Georgia 87.44 2020
15 Azerbaijan 87.37 2017
16 St. Lucia 87.19 2016
17 Cuba 86.38 2020
18 El Salvador 86.27 2018
19 Mexico 83.51 2019
20 Costa Rica 83.31 2020
21 Thailand 83.16 2020
22 Moldova 82.26 2016
23 Vietnam 82.21 2020
24 Mongolia 81.15 2020
25 Honduras 80.33 2016
26 Syrian Arab Republic 80.24 2020
27 Philippines 78.51 2020
28 Ecuador 78.50 2020
29 Guyana 78.14 2018
30 Algeria 75.08 2020
31 Pakistan 73.93 2020
32 Paraguay 71.99 2020
33 Cambodia 70.85 2020
34 Myanmar 70.66 2020
35 Guatemala 69.93 2019
36 Tajikistan 67.60 2020
37 Tunisia 67.33 2020
38 Suriname 66.84 2020
39 Tonga 66.27 2020
40 Jamaica 63.34 2015
41 India 60.01 2020
42 Nepal 58.75 2020
43 Peru 54.99 2020
44 Bangladesh 53.84 2020
45 Kiribati 51.48 2020
46 Lao PDR 45.56 2020
47 São Tomé and Principe 43.77 2020
48 Tanzania 40.48 2020
49 Yemen 36.49 2017
50 Mauritania 36.33 2019
51 Zimbabwe 36.11 2020
52 Ghana 34.88 2020
53 Dominican Republic 32.95 2020
54 Congo 31.81 2019
55 Colombia 31.50 2020
56 Afghanistan 29.13 2020
57 Solomon Islands 28.40 2020
58 South Africa 27.48 2020
59 Namibia 27.48 2017
60 Nigeria 25.00 2020
61 Papua New Guinea 24.73 2020
62 Kenya 24.17 2020
63 Chad 22.46 2020
64 Cameroon 22.03 2020
65 Timor-Leste 21.93 2020
66 Bolivia 21.89 2020
67 Niger 20.48 2020
68 Equatorial Guinea 19.89 2015
69 Madagascar 19.55 2020
70 Somalia 19.01 2020
71 Sierra Leone 18.97 2020
72 Uganda 18.21 2020
73 The Gambia 18.20 2020
74 Vanuatu 17.47 2017
75 Eswatini 16.79 2020
76 Haiti 15.46 2020
77 Comoros 14.65 2016
78 Guinea-Bissau 14.43 2020
79 Angola 13.23 2020
80 Guinea 13.08 2020
81 Dem. Rep. Congo 12.33 2020
82 Central African Republic 12.21 2020
83 Côte d'Ivoire 11.14 2020
84 Senegal 10.30 2020
85 Togo 9.83 2020
86 Zambia 9.23 2020
87 Mali 9.12 2020
88 Benin 7.82 2020
89 Mozambique 7.59 2015
90 Malawi 7.02 2020
91 Burkina Faso 5.46 2020
92 Ethiopia 4.83 2020
93 Burundi 4.10 2020
94 Lesotho 3.55 2020
95 Rwanda 2.80 2020
96 Liberia 0.60 2017

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Development Relevance: Hygiene is closely correlated with human health. Target 6.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals recognizes that access to facilities allowing good hygiene and sanitation should be universal, and especially important to women and girls, and those in vulnerable situations. Of the range of hygiene behaviors considered important for health, hand washing with soap and water is a top priority in all settings, and is considered one of the most cost-effective interventions to prevent diarrheal diseases. The availability of a basic handwashing facility is a prerequisite for basic hygiene facilities on premises, and is a useful proxy for hygienic behavior.

Limitations and Exceptions: Presence of a handwashing station with soap and water does not guarantee that household members consistently wash hands at key times, but is accepted as the most suitable proxy. Data on handwashing facilities are available for a growing number of low- and middle-income countries after hygiene questions were standardized in international surveys. However, this type of information is not available from most high-income countries, where access to basic handwashing facilities is assumed to be nearly universal.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene are produced by the Joint Monitoring Programme of the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) based on administrative sources, national censuses and nationally representative household surveys. WHO/UNICEF defines a basic handwashing facility as a device to contain, transport or regulate the flow of water to facilitate handwashing with soap and water in the household.

Periodicity: Annual