Map Options
Wash 5x Daily
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Hand Washing Rates by Country 2024
- Columns labeled ""% Wash at Home"" refer to the percentage of that country's residents whose homes possess basic hand-washing facilities.
- Column labeled ""Wash 5x Daily (%)"" refer to the percentage of that country's residents who washed with soap and water or hand sanitizer at least 5 times a day in 2020 (during the pandemic)
- The availability of hand-washing facilities is a much greater concern in the developing world than in developed countries.
- Not all countries are represented in either data set.
Country | Wash 5x Daily | Wash at Home 2022 | Wash at Home 2021 | Wash at Home 2020 | Wash at Home 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 94% | - | - | - | - |
| Norway | 94% | - | - | - | - |
| Malta | 92% | - | - | - | - |
| Serbia | 91% | - | - | - | - |
| North Macedonia | 91% | - | - | - | - |
| Portugal | 90% | - | - | - | - |
| Hungary | 90% | - | - | - | - |
| Croatia | 90% | - | - | - | - |
| Slovenia | 90% | - | - | - | - |
| Montenegro | 90% | - | - | - | - |
| Cambodia | 42% | 83% | 81% | 79% | 77% |
| Vietnam | 40% | 89% | 88% | 88% | 88% |
| Thailand | 39% | 85% | 85% | 85% | 85% |
| Gabon | 39% | - | - | - | - |
| India | 38% | 76% | 74% | 72% | 70% |
| Nigeria | 37% | 31% | 31% | 31% | 31% |
| Guinea | 37% | 21% | 21% | 20% | 20% |
| Benin | 34% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| Senegal | 24% | 22% | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| Mali | 21% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Indonesia | - | 79% | 79% | 79% | 78% |
| Pakistan | - | 85% | 82% | 79% | 76% |
| Ethiopia | - | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Mexico | - | 94% | 94% | 93% | 93% |
| Egypt | - | - | - | 90% | 90% |
| Philippines | - | 82% | 82% | 82% | 82% |
| DR Congo | - | 19% | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| Tanzania | - | 29% | 29% | 29% | 29% |
| South Africa | - | - | - | 44% | 44% |
| Kenya | - | 38% | 38% | 37% | 37% |
| Myanmar | - | 75% | 75% | 75% | 74% |
| Colombia | - | 70% | 70% | 70% | 70% |
| Sudan | - | 11% | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Uganda | - | 31% | 29% | 28% | 27% |
| Algeria | - | 85% | 85% | 85% | 85% |
| Iraq | - | 97% | 97% | 97% | 97% |
| Afghanistan | - | 48% | 47% | 47% | 46% |
| Angola | - | - | - | 27% | 27% |
| Uzbekistan | - | 82% | 82% | 82% | 82% |
| Ghana | - | 42% | 42% | 42% | 41% |
| Madagascar | - | 23% | 23% | 24% | 24% |
| Ivory Coast | - | 22% | 22% | 22% | 21% |
| Nepal | - | 64% | 63% | 62% | 61% |
| Cameroon | - | 37% | 37% | 36% | 36% |
| Niger | - | 25% | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| Syria | - | 84% | 84% | 84% | 84% |
| Burkina Faso | - | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% |
| Sri Lanka | - | 85% | 85% | 85% | 85% |
| Malawi | - | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% |
| Zambia | - | 18% | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Kazakhstan | - | - | - | - | 99% |
| Chad | - | 26% | 26% | 25% | 24% |
| Chile | - | 97% | 97% | 97% | 97% |
| Romania | - | - | 97% | 97% | 97% |
| Somalia | - | 25% | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| Ecuador | - | 87% | 87% | 87% | 87% |
| Zimbabwe | - | 42% | 42% | 42% | 42% |
| Rwanda | - | 18% | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Burundi | - | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Bolivia | - | 27% | 27% | 27% | 27% |
| Tunisia | - | 84% | 84% | 84% | 84% |
| South Sudan | - | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Haiti | - | 23% | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| Dominican Republic | - | 48% | 48% | 49% | 49% |
| Cuba | - | 93% | 93% | 92% | 91% |
| Honduras | - | 85% | 85% | 85% | 85% |
| Tajikistan | - | 73% | 73% | 73% | 73% |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 30% | 30% | 30% | 30% |
| Togo | - | 17% | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Sierra Leone | - | 22% | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| Laos | - | - | 56% | 56% | 55% |
| Turkmenistan | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% |
| Paraguay | - | - | - | 80% | 80% |
| Liberia | - | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Palestine | - | 95% | 95% | 95% | 95% |
| Central African Republic | - | 22% | 22% | 22% | 21% |
| Mauritania | - | 42% | 43% | 45% | 46% |
| Costa Rica | - | 86% | 86% | 86% | 86% |
| Georgia | - | 92% | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| Mongolia | - | 86% | 86% | 86% | 84% |
| Qatar | - | - | - | - | 48% |
| Armenia | - | 94% | 94% | 94% | 94% |
| Gambia | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% |
| Lesotho | - | 6% | 6% | 6% | 5% |
| Guinea Bissau | - | 20% | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Bahrain | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Timor Leste | - | - | - | 28% | 28% |
| Eswatini | - | - | - | 24% | 24% |
| Fiji | - | 87% | 86% | 86% | 86% |
| Guyana | - | 83% | 83% | 82% | 81% |
| Bhutan | - | 93% | 93% | 92% | 91% |
| Suriname | - | 72% | 72% | 72% | 72% |
| Maldives | - | - | 96% | 96% | 96% |
| Belize | - | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% |
| Vanuatu | - | 76% | 71% | 67% | 63% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | - | 58% | 58% | 55% | 53% |
| Samoa | - | 72% | 72% | 72% | 72% |
| Kiribati | - | 56% | 56% | 56% | 56% |
| Tonga | - | 70% | 70% | 70% | 70% |
| Marshall Islands | - | - | 85% | 85% | 85% |
| Tuvalu | - | 94% | 94% | 94% | 94% |