Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — Burkina Faso

Handwashing facilities in Burkina Faso in 2024 — 25.9%. Ranked 71 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 23 pp.

2024 25.9% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 71of 91
Period maximum 25.9%2024
Period minimum 2.9%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — Burkina Faso, 2000–202401020302000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 2.9%2001: 3%2002: 3.3%2003: 3.6%2004: 3.9%2005: 4.8%2006: 6%2007: 7.2%2008: 8.4%2009: 9.5%2010: 10.7%2011: 11.9%2012: 13%2013: 14.2%2014: 15.4%2015: 16.5%2016: 17.7%2017: 18.9%2018: 20%2019: 21.2%2020: 22.3%2021: 23.5%2022: 24.6%2023: 25.8%2024: 25.9%
Change over the period: +23 pp Annual average: 0.96 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Burkina Faso 25.9%
World 78%
Western Africa computed 29.3%
Low-income countries computed 24.6%
Handwashing facilities — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 25.9 +0.1 pp
2023 25.8 +1.1 pp
2022 24.6 +1.1 pp
2021 23.5 +1.2 pp
2020 22.3 +1.2 pp
2019 21.2 +1.2 pp
2018 20 +1.2 pp
2017 18.9 +1.2 pp
2016 17.7 +1.2 pp
2015 16.5 +1.2 pp
2014 15.4 +1.2 pp
2013 14.2 +1.2 pp
2012 13 +1.2 pp
2011 11.9 +1.2 pp
2010 10.7 +1.2 pp
2009 9.5 +1.2 pp
2008 8.4 +1.2 pp
2007 7.2 +1.2 pp
2006 6 +1.2 pp
2005 4.8 +0.9 pp
2004 3.9 +0.3 pp
2003 3.6 +0.3 pp
2002 3.3 +0.3 pp
2001 3 +0.1 pp
2000 2.9

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.