Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — Oman

Handwashing facilities in Oman in 2021 — 97.4%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 106.

2021 97.4% +0 pp vs 2020
World rank 8of 106
Period maximum 97.4%2013
Period minimum 97.4%2013

Trend over time

2013–2021 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — Oman, 2013–202180901001102013201420152016201720182019202020212013: 97.4%2014: 97.4%2015: 97.4%2016: 97.4%2017: 97.4%2018: 97.4%2019: 97.4%2020: 97.4%2021: 97.4%
Change over the period: +0 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Oman 97.4%
World 73.9%
Western Asia computed 86.8%
Handwashing facilities — Oman, by year Oman All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 97.4 +0 pp
2020 97.4 +0 pp
2019 97.4 +0 pp
2018 97.4 +0 pp
2017 97.4 +0 pp
2016 97.4 +0 pp
2015 97.4 +0 pp
2014 97.4 +0 pp
2013 97.4

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.