Proportion of population with basic handwashing facilities on in World
World: Proportion of population with basic handwashing facilities on was 79.7% in 2024. β² Rising
Proportion of population with basic handwashing facilities on in World, 2013β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
World recorded 79.7% for proportion of population with basic handwashing facilities on in 2024. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of population with basic handwashing facilities on in World peaked at 79.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 63.8%, in 2013.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 69.5% | 63.8% | 75.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 78.3% | 76.7% | 79.7% | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for World
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 9.17 billion (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 111.5 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 815.00 million (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 9.9 per 100 people (2025)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 34.76 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 213,782 million ton-km (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried 4.27 billion (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 42,807 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 5,393 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 73.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of population with basic handwashing facilities on in World?
- Proportion of population with basic handwashing facilities on in World was 79.7% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of population with basic handwashing facilities on recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 79.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of population with basic handwashing facilities on recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.8% in 2013.
- How does World rank for proportion of population with basic handwashing facilities on?
- World ranks 4th out of 5 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of population with basic handwashing facilities on rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of population with basic handwashing facilities on premises, by urban/rural (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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