Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — North Macedonia

Handwashing facilities in North Macedonia in 2024 — 99.7%. Ranked 4 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0 pp.

2024 99.7% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank 4of 91
Period maximum 99.7%2010
Period minimum 99.7%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — North Macedonia, 2000–202499.799.799.799.799.799.72000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 99.7%2001: 99.7%2002: 99.7%2003: 99.7%2004: 99.7%2005: 99.7%2006: 99.7%2007: 99.7%2008: 99.7%2009: 99.7%2010: 99.7%2011: 99.7%2012: 99.7%2013: 99.7%2014: 99.7%2015: 99.7%2016: 99.7%2017: 99.7%2018: 99.7%2019: 99.7%2020: 99.7%2021: 99.7%2022: 99.7%2023: 99.7%2024: 99.7%
Change over the period: −0 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

North Macedonia 99.7%
World 78%
Handwashing facilities — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.7 −0 pp
2023 99.7 −0 pp
2022 99.7 −0 pp
2021 99.7 −0 pp
2020 99.7 −0 pp
2019 99.7 −0 pp
2018 99.7 −0 pp
2017 99.7 −0 pp
2016 99.7 −0 pp
2015 99.7 −0 pp
2014 99.7 −0 pp
2013 99.7 −0 pp
2012 99.7 −0 pp
2011 99.7 −0 pp
2010 99.7 +0 pp
2009 99.7 +0 pp
2008 99.7 +0 pp
2007 99.7 +0 pp
2006 99.7 +0 pp
2005 99.7 +0 pp
2004 99.7 +0 pp
2003 99.7 +0 pp
2002 99.7 +0 pp
2001 99.7 +0 pp
2000 99.7

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.