Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — Pakistan

Handwashing facilities in Pakistan in 2024 — 84.8%. Ranked 35 in the world out of 91. Since 2007, the indicator has risen by 32.8 pp.

2024 84.8% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 35of 91
Period maximum 84.8%2024
Period minimum 51.9%2007

Trend over time

2007–2024 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — Pakistan, 2007–2024506070809020072009201120132015201720192021202320242007: 51.9%2008: 52%2009: 52.1%2010: 52.2%2011: 52.3%2012: 55.3%2013: 58.3%2014: 61.3%2015: 64.2%2016: 67.2%2017: 70.1%2018: 73.1%2019: 76%2020: 78.9%2021: 81.8%2022: 84.7%2023: 84.7%2024: 84.8%
Change over the period: +32.8 pp Annual average: 1.93 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Pakistan 84.8%
World 78%
South Asia 87.4%
Southern Asia computed 86.3%
Handwashing facilities — Pakistan, by year Pakistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 84.8 +0 pp
2023 84.7 +0 pp
2022 84.7 +2.9 pp
2021 81.8 +2.9 pp
2020 78.9 +2.9 pp
2019 76 +2.9 pp
2018 73.1 +2.9 pp
2017 70.1 +2.9 pp
2016 67.2 +3 pp
2015 64.2 +3 pp
2014 61.3 +3 pp
2013 58.3 +3 pp
2012 55.3 +3 pp
2011 52.3 +0.1 pp
2010 52.2 +0.1 pp
2009 52.1 +0.1 pp
2008 52 +0.1 pp
2007 51.9

Southern Asia, 2024

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

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.