Hand Washing Rates by Country
Turkmenistan has the highest Can Wash at Home WHO in 2022 (100.0%), followed by Kyrgyzstan (100.0%) and Bahrain (100.0%). Liberia has the lowest (3%).
Can Wash at Home WHO, 2022
Darker means higher. Click a place to highlight it.
Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 79 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Over time · 2019–2022
The top 5 in 2022, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Turkmenistan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Bahrain
- Iraq
- Chile
Data
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Turkmenistan | 100.0% | — |
| 1 |  Kyrgyzstan | 100.0% | — |
| 1 |  Bahrain | 100.0% | — |
| 4 |  Iraq | 97.0% | — |
| 4 |  Chile | 97.0% | — |
| 6 |  Palestine | 95.0% | — |
| 7 |  Mexico | 94.0% | — |
| 7 |  Armenia | 94.0% | — |
| 7 |  Tuvalu | 94.0% | — |
| 10 |  Cuba | 93.0% | — |
| 10 |  Bhutan | 93.0% | — |
| 12 |  Georgia | 92.0% | — |
| 13 |  Belize | 90.0% | — |
| 14 |  Vietnam | 89.0% | 40.0% |
| 15 |  Ecuador | 87.0% | — |
| 15 |  Fiji | 87.0% | — |
| 17 |  Costa Rica | 86.0% | — |
| 17 |  Mongolia | 86.0% | — |
| 19 |  Pakistan | 85.0% | — |
| 19 |  Thailand | 85.0% | 39.0% |
| 19 |  Algeria | 85.0% | — |
| 19 |  Sri Lanka | 85.0% | — |
| 19 |  Honduras | 85.0% | — |
| 24 |  Syria | 84.0% | — |
| 24 |  Tunisia | 84.0% | — |
| 26 |  Cambodia | 83.0% | 42.0% |
| 26 |  Guyana | 83.0% | — |
| 28 |  Philippines | 82.0% | — |
| 28 |  Uzbekistan | 82.0% | — |
| 30 |  Indonesia | 79.0% | — |
| 31 |  India | 76.0% | 38.0% |
| 31 |  Vanuatu | 76.0% | — |
| 33 |  Myanmar | 75.0% | — |
| 34 |  Tajikistan | 73.0% | — |
| 35 |  Suriname | 72.0% | — |
| 35 |  Samoa | 72.0% | — |
| 37 |  Colombia | 70.0% | — |
| 37 |  Tonga | 70.0% | — |
| 39 |  Nepal | 64.0% | — |
| 40 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 58.0% | — |
| 41 |  Kiribati | 56.0% | — |
| 42 |  Afghanistan | 48.0% | — |
| 42 |  Dominican Republic | 48.0% | — |
| 44 |  Ghana | 42.0% | — |
| 44 |  Zimbabwe | 42.0% | — |
| 44 |  Mauritania | 42.0% | — |
| 47 |  Kenya | 38.0% | — |
| 48 |  Cameroon | 37.0% | — |
| 49 |  Nigeria | 31.0% | 37.0% |
| 49 |  Uganda | 31.0% | — |
| 51 |  Papua New Guinea | 30.0% | — |
| 52 |  Tanzania | 29.0% | — |
| 53 |  Bolivia | 27.0% | — |
| 54 |  Chad | 26.0% | — |
| 55 |  Niger | 25.0% | — |
| 55 |  Somalia | 25.0% | — |
| 57 |  Madagascar | 23.0% | — |
| 57 |  Haiti | 23.0% | — |
| 59 |  Ivory Coast | 22.0% | — |
| 59 |  Senegal | 22.0% | 24.0% |
| 59 |  Sierra Leone | 22.0% | — |
| 59 |  Central African Republic | 22.0% | — |
| 63 |  Guinea | 21.0% | 37.0% |
| 64 |  Guinea-Bissau | 20.0% | — |
| 65 |  DR Congo | 19.0% | — |
| 66 |  Zambia | 18.0% | — |
| 66 |  Rwanda | 18.0% | — |
| 68 |  Mali | 17.0% | 21.0% |
| 68 |  Togo | 17.0% | — |
| 70 |  Malawi | 15.0% | — |
| 71 |  Gambia | 13.0% | — |
| 72 |  Benin | 12.0% | 34.0% |
| 73 |  Sudan | 11.0% | — |
| 74 |  Burkina Faso | 9% | — |
| 75 |  Ethiopia | 8% | — |
| 76 |  Burundi | 6% | — |
| 76 |  South Sudan | 6% | — |
| 76 |  Lesotho | 6% | — |
| 79 |  Liberia | 3% | — |
| — |  Portugal | — | 90.0% |
| — |  Hungary | — | 90.0% |
| — |  Serbia | — | 91.0% |
| — |  Denmark | — | 94.0% |
| — |  Norway | — | 94.0% |
| — |  Croatia | — | 90.0% |
| — |  Gabon | — | 39.0% |
| — |  Slovenia | — | 90.0% |
| — |  North Macedonia | — | 91.0% |
| — |  Montenegro | — | 90.0% |
| — |  Malta | — | 92.0% |
What correlates with Can Wash at Home WHO (2022)?
Pearson r against 1,396 other country metrics sharing at least 48 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Can Wash at Home WHO tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
- Plot
- % of Rural Population with Access to ElectricityCountries without ElectricityPlotr = +0.88 · very strong · n = 79
- Plot
- % of Total Population with Access to ElectricityCountries without ElectricityPlotr = +0.85 · very strong · n = 79
- Plot
- LP Living ConditionsLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the bestPlotr = +0.85 · very strong · n = 71
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Can Wash at Home WHO tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Can Wash at Home WHO?
- Turkmenistan has the highest Can Wash at Home WHO in 2022, at 100.0%, followed by Kyrgyzstan (100.0%) and Bahrain (100.0%).
- Which country has the lowest Can Wash at Home WHO?
- Liberia has the lowest Can Wash at Home WHO in 2022, at 3%.
- What is the median Can Wash at Home WHO across countries?
- The median is 58.0% across the 79 countries with data in 2022.
- Where does this hand washing rates by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Handwashing with soap data by country - WHO; How Often Do People Wash Their Hands During a Pandemic? - Gallup; 51 Hand Washing Statistics & Facts - Onedesk.