Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — Niger

Handwashing facilities in Niger in 2024 — 21.5%. Ranked 77 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.1 pp.

2024 21.5% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 77of 91
Period maximum 21.5%2024
Period minimum 8.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — Niger, 2000–20245101520252000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 8.5%2001: 8.5%2002: 8.5%2003: 8.5%2004: 8.5%2005: 9.1%2006: 9.8%2007: 10.5%2008: 11.2%2009: 11.9%2010: 12.6%2011: 13.2%2012: 13.9%2013: 14.6%2014: 15.3%2015: 16%2016: 16.7%2017: 17.4%2018: 18%2019: 18.7%2020: 19.4%2021: 20.1%2022: 20.8%2023: 21.5%2024: 21.5%
Change over the period: +13.1 pp Annual average: 0.54 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Niger 21.5%
World 78%
Western Africa computed 29.3%
Low-income countries computed 24.6%
Handwashing facilities — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 21.5 +0 pp
2023 21.5 +0.7 pp
2022 20.8 +0.7 pp
2021 20.1 +0.7 pp
2020 19.4 +0.7 pp
2019 18.7 +0.7 pp
2018 18 +0.7 pp
2017 17.4 +0.7 pp
2016 16.7 +0.7 pp
2015 16 +0.7 pp
2014 15.3 +0.7 pp
2013 14.6 +0.7 pp
2012 13.9 +0.7 pp
2011 13.2 +0.7 pp
2010 12.6 +0.7 pp
2009 11.9 +0.7 pp
2008 11.2 +0.7 pp
2007 10.5 +0.7 pp
2006 9.8 +0.7 pp
2005 9.1 +0.7 pp
2004 8.5 −0 pp
2003 8.5 −0 pp
2002 8.5 −0 pp
2001 8.5 +0 pp
2000 8.5

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.