Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — Senegal

Handwashing facilities in Senegal in 2024 — 26.9%. Ranked 69 in the world out of 91. Since 2011, the indicator has risen by 7.6 pp.

2024 26.9% +0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 69of 91
Period maximum 26.9%2024
Period minimum 19.3%2011

Trend over time

2011–2024 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — Senegal, 2011–2024182022242628201120132015201720192021202320242011: 19.3%2012: 19.4%2013: 19.5%2014: 19.7%2015: 19.8%2016: 20.7%2017: 21.5%2018: 22.3%2019: 23.1%2020: 23.9%2021: 24.7%2022: 25.5%2023: 26.2%2024: 26.9%
Change over the period: +7.6 pp Annual average: 0.59 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Senegal 26.9%
World 78%
Western Africa computed 29.3%
Handwashing facilities — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 26.9 +0.7 pp
2023 26.2 +0.7 pp
2022 25.5 +0.8 pp
2021 24.7 +0.8 pp
2020 23.9 +0.8 pp
2019 23.1 +0.8 pp
2018 22.3 +0.8 pp
2017 21.5 +0.8 pp
2016 20.7 +0.9 pp
2015 19.8 +0.1 pp
2014 19.7 +0.1 pp
2013 19.5 +0.1 pp
2012 19.4 +0.1 pp
2011 19.3

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.