Handwashing facilities in Western Africa in 2024 — 29.3%. Since 2011, the indicator has risen by 4 pp.
2011–2024 · % of population
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29.3 | +0.4 pp |
| 2023 | 28.9 | +1.1 pp |
| 2022 | 27.7 | +0.3 pp |
| 2021 | 27.5 | +0.3 pp |
| 2020 | 27.2 | +0.3 pp |
| 2019 | 26.9 | +0.4 pp |
| 2018 | 26.6 | +0.3 pp |
| 2017 | 26.2 | +0.3 pp |
| 2016 | 25.9 | +0.3 pp |
| 2015 | 25.6 | +0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 25.4 | −0.4 pp |
| 2013 | 25.8 | +0.3 pp |
| 2012 | 25.5 | +0.2 pp |
| 2011 | 25.3 | — |
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.
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