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Progress on Hygiene (SDG target 6.2)

Handwashing is a cost-effective intervention to improve public health by drastically reducing the spread of infectious diseases.

  • 71 % of the world’s population has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2024)

Available time series: 2000-2024
Number of countries (and areas) reporting in the last five years: 104
Proportion of world population covered by reporting in the last five years:74%

Proportion of world land area covered by reporting in the last five years: 43%
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SDG target 6.2 is: ‘By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations.’

To track progress towards the target, SDG indicator 6.2.1b monitors the proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home.

Global status of indicator 6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (----)

Proportion of population (%)
>90-100
>75-90
>50-75
0-50
Data not Available
Not Applicable

Progress over time of indicator 6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home

Status in different countries (or areas) of indicator 6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (----)

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
  • Central and Southern Asia
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Europe and Northern America
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)
  • Northern Africa and Western Asia

Status in different SDG regions of indicator 6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (----)

Status of different components of indicator 6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (----)

Source data indicator 6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home

Country (or area), regional and world data for the latest year of reporting (data from 2014 - 2024):

Country (or area), SDG region, worldYear6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home
Basic service Limited service No handwashing facility
Afghanistan2022-20244946.165.62
Algeria2022-20247510.984.21
American Samoa20216.3
Angola2020-20241915.0657.84
Armenia2022900.714.86
Aruba2024
Azerbaijan2017-2024969.161.54
Bahrain2022-202400
Bangladesh2022-20246632.945.33
Barbados20162.359.18
Belize2022899.710
Benin2022-20241044.1943.68
Bhutan2022-2024966.680.12
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)2022-20242212.9660.05
Bosnia and Herzegovina2016961.541.2
Burkina Faso2022-20242127.3363.51
Burundi2022-2023493.70
Cabo Verde202438
Cambodia2022-2024866.799.86
Cameroon2022-20242959.433.86
Central African Republic2022-20241216.4961.33
Central and Southern Asia2022-20248220.483.59
Chad2022-20242431.2842.52
China2022-2024952.720.07
Colombia2022-2024334.0225.82
Comoros2016-20243235.4648.96
Congo20193233.9417.87
Costa Rica2022-2024839.444.6
Cuba2022-2024886.190.43
Côte d'Ivoire2022-20241136.741.49
Democratic People's Republic of Korea20220
Democratic Republic of the Congo20221238.442.25
Djibouti202412
Dominican Republic2022-20243314.1437.53
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia2022-2024916.440.87
Ecuador2022-2024859.383.39
Egypt2020-2024949.50.67
El Salvador2018-2024886.612.69
Equatorial Guinea20152022.3353.45
Eswatini2020-20243631.3844.31
Ethiopia2022-2024353.7737.91
Fiji2022-20248011.032.44
Gabon202432
Gambia2022-20241278.428.64
Georgia2022876.811.43
Ghana2022-20243136.521.81
Guatemala20197020.652.58
Guinea20221351.0428.32
Guinea-Bissau2022-20241613.9466.37
Guyana2022-20248510.266.26
Haiti2022-20231568.778.65
Honduras2022-20248414.60.44
India2022-20248620.283.46
Indonesia2022-20247721.010
Iraq2022-2024972.470.14
Jamaica2015-20246916.0817.27
Kazakhstan2019-2022990.750.23
Kenya2022-20244828.5133.89
Kiribati2022-20245930.5713.75
Kyrgyzstan2022-2024970.150
Lao People's Democratic Republic2021-20245734.279.92
Latin America and the Caribbean202472
Lesotho2022-20241843.1751.26
Liberia2022-2024123.5373.03
Libya2024
Madagascar2022-20241558.4818.09
Malawi2022-20241361.3723.32
Maldives2021-2022951.822.34
Mali2022952.5730.13
Marshall Islands20218012.562.35
Mauritania2022-20241737.6620.59
Mexico2019-20241004.232.92
Mongolia2022-20248113.620
Montenegro2022990.440.31
Mozambique2015-20241032.4955.28
Myanmar2022-20247120.165.25
Namibia20172743.4111.99
Nauru2024
Nepal2022-20246634.911.54
Niger2022-20242051.2524.13
Nigeria2022-20242330.7438.18
Niue202221.33
North Macedonia2022-20241000.160.16
Northern Africa and Western Asia2018-2024868.467.65
Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)2022-20243527.333.32
Oman2021
Pakistan2022-20248014.380.92
Papua New Guinea2022-20243129.340.85
Paraguay20207217.542.31
Peru2022-202472
Philippines2022-20249911.616.64
Qatar2024
Republic of Moldova2016826.556.48
Rwanda2022-20241642.8538.75
Saint Lucia2016877.445.23
Samoa2022-20246925.992.05
Sao Tome and Principe2022-20244317.0824.87
Saudi Arabia202497
Senegal2022-20242121.4356.32
Serbia2014980.411.46
Sierra Leone2022-20241712.3969.77
Solomon Islands2019-20222833.4827.88
Somalia2022-20241154.3920.51
South Africa20202743.3412.29
South Sudan202418
Sri Lanka2022-2024863.3411.31
State of Palestine2022-2024964.50.58
Sub-Saharan Africa2022-20241942.3434.4
Sudan2018-202426.3657.63
Suriname20226716.8111.08
Syrian Arab Republic2022-20248110.575.01
Tajikistan2022-20236823.513.53
Thailand2022-2024939.065.92
Timor-Leste20202264.47.19
Togo2022-2023109.0473.62
Tonga2022-20248028.541.91
Trinidad and Tobago2015-2024834.065.87
Tunisia2022-2024884.8110.92
Turkmenistan2022-202410000
Turks and Caicos Islands2022-2024894.520.5
Tuvalu2022-2024965.370.68
Uganda2022-20242038.7430.35
Ukraine202488
United Republic of Tanzania2022-20241562.648.45
Uzbekistan2022-2024750.0818.29
Vanuatu2022-20244221.892.23
Viet Nam2022-2024859.551.74
World2022-20247116.668.19
Yemen2017-20245627.3424.05
Zambia2022-2024923.9357.91
Zimbabwe2022-20243654.612.94