Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — Bolivia

Handwashing facilities in Bolivia in 2024 — 27%. Ranked 68 in the world out of 91. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 0.4 pp.

2024 27% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 68of 91
Period maximum 27%2024
Period minimum 26.7%2010

Trend over time

2010–2024 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — Bolivia, 2010–202426.626.726.826.92727.1201020122014201620182020202220242010: 26.7%2011: 26.7%2012: 26.7%2013: 26.8%2014: 26.8%2015: 26.8%2016: 26.8%2017: 26.9%2018: 26.9%2019: 26.9%2020: 26.9%2021: 27%2022: 27%2023: 27%2024: 27%
Change over the period: +0.4 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bolivia

Bolivia 27%
World 78%
Handwashing facilities — Bolivia, by year Bolivia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 27 +0 pp
2023 27 +0 pp
2022 27 +0 pp
2021 27 +0 pp
2020 26.9 +0 pp
2019 26.9 +0 pp
2018 26.9 +0 pp
2017 26.9 +0 pp
2016 26.8 +0 pp
2015 26.8 +0 pp
2014 26.8 +0 pp
2013 26.8 +0 pp
2012 26.7 +0 pp
2011 26.7 +0 pp
2010 26.7

South America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

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.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.