The share of people who have a place at home for washing hands with water and soap.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country — the year is shown in the row. The table spans 2014 to 2024.
Top-20 · % of population
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bahrain
|
100 | 2024 | 1 | |
| 2 |
Qatar
|
100 | 2024 | 1 | |
| 3 |
Turkmenistan
|
100 | 2024 | 1 | |
| 4 |
North Macedonia
|
99.7 | 2024 | 4 | |
| 5 |
Montenegro
|
99.2 | 2022 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Kazakhstan
|
99 | 2019 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Mexico
|
98.8 | 2024 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Aruba
|
98.6 | 2024 | 8 | |
| 9 |
Saudi Arabia
|
98.4 | 2024 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Serbia
|
98.1 | 2014 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Oman
|
97.4 | 2021 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Iraq
|
97.4 | 2024 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Philippines
|
97.3 | 2024 | 13 | |
| 14 |
China
|
97.3 | 2024 | 14 | |
| 15 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
97.3 | 2016 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
97.2 | 2024 | 16 | |
| 17 |
Azerbaijan
|
96 | 2024 | 17 | |
| 18 |
Maldives
|
95.8 | 2021 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Libya
|
95.6 | 2024 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Ukraine
|
95.4 | 2024 | 20 | |
| 21 |
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
95 | 2024 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Palestine
|
94.9 | 2024 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Thailand
|
94.6 | 2024 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Bhutan
|
94.5 | 2024 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Armenia
|
94.4 | 2022 | 25 | |
| 26 |
Tuvalu
|
93.9 | 2024 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Cuba
|
93.4 | 2024 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Tunisia
|
92.7 | 2024 | 28 | |
| 29 |
Egypt
|
92.3 | 2024 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Ecuador
|
91.9 | 2024 | 30 | |
| 31 |
Georgia
|
91.8 | 2022 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Nauru
|
90.8 | 2024 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Belize
|
90.3 | 2022 | 33 | |
| 34 |
India
|
89.7 | 2024 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Vietnam
|
89.1 | 2024 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Barbados
|
88.5 | 2016 | 36 | |
| 37 |
El Salvador
|
88.2 | 2024 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Sri Lanka
|
87.7 | 2024 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Saint Lucia
|
87.3 | 2016 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Cambodia
|
87.2 | 2024 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Moldova
|
87 | 2016 | 41 | |
| 42 |
Fiji
|
86.6 | 2024 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Mongolia
|
86.4 | 2024 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Costa Rica
|
86 | 2024 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Marshall Islands
|
85.1 | 2021 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Honduras
|
85 | 2024 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Algeria
|
84.9 | 2024 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Pakistan
|
84.8 | 2024 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Syria
|
84.5 | 2024 | 49 | |
| 50 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
84.1 | 2024 | 50 | |
| 51 |
Guyana
|
83.5 | 2024 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Uzbekistan
|
81.6 | 2024 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Tonga
|
80.9 | 2024 | 53 | |
| 54 |
Paraguay
|
80.2 | 2020 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Indonesia
|
79.8 | 2024 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Guatemala
|
76.8 | 2019 | 56 | |
| 57 |
Myanmar
|
74.7 | 2024 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Tajikistan
|
73 | 2023 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Suriname
|
72.1 | 2022 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Samoa
|
71.9 | 2024 | 60 | |
| 61 |
Bangladesh
|
71.8 | 2024 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Colombia
|
70.4 | 2024 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Jamaica
|
70.4 | 2024 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Nepal
|
68.2 | 2024 | 64 | |
| 65 |
Laos
|
63.6 | 2024 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Yemen
|
63.3 | 2024 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Kiribati
|
62.2 | 2024 | 67 | |
| 68 |
Cabo Verde
|
60.9 | 2024 | 68 | |
| 69 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
58.3 | 2024 | 69 | |
| 70 |
Kenya
|
57.5 | 2024 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Afghanistan
|
51.9 | 2024 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Djibouti
|
50.7 | 2024 | 72 | |
| 73 |
Dominican Republic
|
48.5 | 2024 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Vanuatu
|
48.4 | 2024 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Republic of the Congo
|
48.2 | 2019 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Gabon
|
48.2 | 2024 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Ghana
|
45.5 | 2024 | 77 | |
| 78 |
Namibia
|
44.6 | 2017 | 78 | |
| 79 |
South Africa
|
44.4 | 2020 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Zimbabwe
|
42.5 | 2024 | 80 | |
| 81 |
Mauritania
|
40.7 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Eswatini
|
39.3 | 2024 | 82 | |
| 83 |
Solomon Islands
|
38.6 | 2019 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Cameroon
|
37.8 | 2024 | 84 | |
| 85 |
Angola
|
36.9 | 2024 | 85 | |
| 86 |
Papua New Guinea
|
35.4 | 2024 | 86 | |
| 87 |
Comoros
|
34.8 | 2024 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Nigeria
|
31.3 | 2024 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Timor-Leste
|
28.4 | 2020 | 89 | |
| 90 |
Bolivia
|
27 | 2024 | 90 | |
| 91 |
Senegal
|
26.9 | 2024 | 91 | |
| 92 |
Chad
|
26.3 | 2024 | 92 | |
| 93 |
Burkina Faso
|
25.9 | 2024 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Uganda
|
24.6 | 2024 | 94 | |
| 95 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
24.2 | 2015 | 95 | |
| 96 |
Madagascar
|
23.5 | 2024 | 96 | |
| 97 |
Haiti
|
22.7 | 2023 | 97 | |
| 98 |
Central African Republic
|
22.4 | 2024 | 98 | |
| 99 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
22 | 2024 | 99 | |
| 100 |
South Sudan
|
21.9 | 2024 | 100 | |
| 101 |
Niger
|
21.5 | 2024 | 101 | |
| 102 |
Lesotho
|
20.9 | 2024 | 102 | |
| 103 |
Guinea
|
20.6 | 2022 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
19.8 | 2024 | 104 | |
| 105 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
19.4 | 2022 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Sierra Leone
|
18.7 | 2024 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Rwanda
|
18.5 | 2024 | 107 | |
| 108 |
Zambia
|
18.4 | 2024 | 108 | |
| 109 |
Tanzania
|
17.5 | 2024 | 109 | |
| 110 |
Togo
|
17.4 | 2023 | 110 | |
| 111 |
Mali
|
17.3 | 2022 | 111 | |
| 112 |
Somalia
|
16.5 | 2024 | 112 | |
| 113 |
Mozambique
|
15.8 | 2024 | 113 | |
| 114 |
Malawi
|
15.4 | 2024 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Gambia
|
13 | 2024 | 115 | |
| 116 |
Benin
|
12.9 | 2024 | 116 | |
| 117 |
Sudan
|
10.8 | 2024 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Burundi
|
6.4 | 2023 | 118 | |
| 119 |
Ethiopia
|
5.9 | 2024 | 119 | |
| 120 |
Liberia
|
3.5 | 2024 | 120 |
The share of the population that has an equipped place for washing hands with water and soap in the dwelling. The indicator looks a small one next to piped water and sewerage, but in its contribution to reducing diarrheal and respiratory disease it is comparable to them, and it costs incomparably less. The COVID-19 pandemic made it visible: it turned out that in the poorest countries of Africa fewer than a quarter of the population have facilities for washing hands.
Important: Not all countries are surveyed: where practically everyone has such facilities, these data are not collected. That is why the aggregate by country group is computed only where coverage is sufficient — averaging the surveyed countries alone would give a picture noticeably worse than the reality.
The share of people who have water at home, available round the clock and free of contamination.
Nutrition 2000–2024 Safely managed sanitationThe share of people who have a toilet of their own and whose wastewater is safely disposed of.
Mortality 2019–2019 Death rate from unsafe water and sanitationHow many deaths per 100,000 people are linked to dirty water and to the absence of sanitation and hygiene.
Nutrition 2000–2024 Tobacco use prevalenceThe share of adults who use tobacco in any form.
Nutrition 2000–2024 Access to clean waterThe share of the population with access to basic sources of drinking water.
Nutrition 2000–2024 Access to basic sanitationThe share of the population with access to improved sanitation and hygiene conditions.