Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — Suriname

Handwashing facilities in Suriname in 2022 — 72.1%. Ranked 48 in the world out of 103. Since 2014, the indicator has risen by 0 pp.

2022 72.1% +0 pp vs 2021
World rank 48of 103
Period maximum 72.1%2022
Period minimum 72.1%2016

Trend over time

2014–2022 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — Suriname, 2014–202272.172.172.172.12014201520162017201820192020202120222014: 72.1%2015: 72.1%2016: 72.1%2017: 72.1%2018: 72.1%2019: 72.1%2020: 72.1%2021: 72.1%2022: 72.1%
Change over the period: +0 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Suriname 72.1%
World 75.1%
Handwashing facilities — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 72.1 +0 pp
2021 72.1 +0 pp
2020 72.1 +0 pp
2019 72.1 +0 pp
2018 72.1 +0 pp
2017 72.1 +0 pp
2016 72.1 −0 pp
2015 72.1 −0 pp
2014 72.1

South America, 2022

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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.