Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — Moldova

Handwashing facilities in Moldova in 2016 — 87%. Ranked 29 in the world out of 107. Since 2008, the indicator has fallen by 0 pp.

2016 87% +0 pp vs 2015
World rank 29of 107
Period maximum 87%2008
Period minimum 87%2015

Trend over time

2008–2016 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — Moldova, 2008–2016878787872008200920102011201220132014201520162008: 87%2009: 87%2010: 87%2011: 87%2012: 87%2013: 87%2014: 87%2015: 87%2016: 87%
Change over the period: −0 pp Annual average: 0 pp
Handwashing facilities — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2016 87 +0 pp
2015 87 −0 pp
2014 87 −0 pp
2013 87 −0 pp
2012 87 −0 pp
2011 87 −0 pp
2010 87 −0 pp
2009 87 −0 pp
2008 87

Eastern Europe, 2016

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

UA Ukraine 95.3 MD Moldova 87

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.