Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — Comoros

Handwashing facilities in the Comoros in 2024 — 34.8%. Ranked 66 in the world out of 91. Since 2006, the indicator has risen by 22.4 pp.

2024 34.8% +1.6 pp vs 2023
World rank 66of 91
Period maximum 34.8%2024
Period minimum 12.4%2006

Trend over time

2006–2024 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — Comoros, 2006–20241020304020062008201020122014201620182020202220242006: 12.4%2007: 12.4%2008: 12.4%2009: 12.4%2010: 12.4%2011: 14%2012: 15.6%2013: 17.1%2014: 18.7%2015: 20.3%2016: 21.9%2017: 23.5%2018: 25.1%2019: 26.7%2020: 28.3%2021: 29.9%2022: 31.5%2023: 33.2%2024: 34.8%
Change over the period: +22.4 pp Annual average: 1.24 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Comoros 34.8%
World 78%
Eastern Africa computed 21%
Handwashing facilities — Comoros, by year Comoros All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 34.8 +1.6 pp
2023 33.2 +1.6 pp
2022 31.5 +1.6 pp
2021 29.9 +1.6 pp
2020 28.3 +1.6 pp
2019 26.7 +1.6 pp
2018 25.1 +1.6 pp
2017 23.5 +1.6 pp
2016 21.9 +1.6 pp
2015 20.3 +1.6 pp
2014 18.7 +1.6 pp
2013 17.1 +1.6 pp
2012 15.6 +1.6 pp
2011 14 +1.6 pp
2010 12.4 +0 pp
2009 12.4 +0 pp
2008 12.4 +0 pp
2007 12.4 +0 pp
2006 12.4

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.