Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — Tonga

Handwashing facilities in Tonga in 2024 — 80.9%. Ranked 40 in the world out of 91. Since 2013, the indicator has fallen by 0 pp.

2024 80.9% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 40of 91
Period maximum 80.9%2013
Period minimum 80.9%2020

Trend over time

2013–2024 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — Tonga, 2013–202480.980.980.980.98120132015201720192021202320242013: 80.9%2014: 80.9%2015: 80.9%2016: 80.9%2017: 80.9%2018: 80.9%2019: 80.9%2020: 80.9%2021: 80.9%2022: 80.9%2023: 80.9%2024: 80.9%
Change over the period: −0 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Tonga 80.9%
World 78%
Handwashing facilities — Tonga, by year Tonga All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 80.9 +0 pp
2023 80.9 +0 pp
2022 80.9 +0 pp
2021 80.9 +0 pp
2020 80.9 −0 pp
2019 80.9 −0 pp
2018 80.9 −0 pp
2017 80.9 −0 pp
2016 80.9 −0 pp
2015 80.9 −0 pp
2014 80.9 −0 pp
2013 80.9

Polynesia, 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.