Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — Togo

Handwashing facilities in Togo in 2023 — 17.4%. Ranked 86 in the world out of 95. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 10 pp.

2023 17.4% +0.1 pp vs 2022
World rank 86of 95
Period maximum 17.4%2023
Period minimum 7.4%2004

Trend over time

2004–2023 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — Togo, 2004–20235101520200420062008201020122014201620182020202220232004: 7.4%2005: 7.5%2006: 7.6%2007: 7.6%2008: 7.7%2009: 8.5%2010: 9.4%2011: 10.2%2012: 11.1%2013: 11.9%2014: 12.8%2015: 13.6%2016: 14.5%2017: 15.3%2018: 16.2%2019: 17.1%2020: 17.1%2021: 17.2%2022: 17.3%2023: 17.4%
Change over the period: +10 pp Annual average: 0.53 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Togo 17.4%
World 77.5%
Western Africa computed 28.9%
Low-income countries computed 23.8%
Handwashing facilities — Togo, by year Togo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 17.4 +0.1 pp
2022 17.3 +0.1 pp
2021 17.2 +0.1 pp
2020 17.1 +0.1 pp
2019 17.1 +0.9 pp
2018 16.2 +0.9 pp
2017 15.3 +0.9 pp
2016 14.5 +0.9 pp
2015 13.6 +0.9 pp
2014 12.8 +0.8 pp
2013 11.9 +0.8 pp
2012 11.1 +0.8 pp
2011 10.2 +0.8 pp
2010 9.4 +0.8 pp
2009 8.5 +0.8 pp
2008 7.7 +0.1 pp
2007 7.6 +0.1 pp
2006 7.6 +0.1 pp
2005 7.5 +0.1 pp
2004 7.4

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.