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, 2020)

Data provider: WHO and UNICEF through the Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP)
Available time series: 2000-2020
Number of countries (and areas) reporting in the last five years: 98
Proportion of world population covered by reporting in the last five years:53%
Proportion of world economy covered by reporting in the last five years: 23%
Proportion of world land area covered by reporting in the last five years: 36%
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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 (2020)

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

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Global target: of people have access to safe water.
Current status: % has access to safe water.
Current rate of progress between -1 and : % of the world population gained access to safe drinking water.
Rate of progress required to reach target: % of population need to gain access to safe water per year.
On track to reach target:
With current rate of progress, target will be reached by year:

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 (2020)

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 (2020)

Status of different components of indicator 6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (2020)

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: 2014 - 2020

Country (or area), SDG region, world	Year	6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home
Country (or area), SDG region, world	Year	Basic service	Limited service	No handwashing facility
Afghanistan	2020	38.12	34.23	27.66
Algeria	2020	84.63	10.61	4.77
Angola	2020	27.09	15.06	57.84
Armenia	2020	94.72	0.4	4.88
Azerbaijan	2017	89.3	9.16	1.54
Bangladesh	2020	58.4	35.51	6.08
Barbados	2016	88.47	2.35	9.18
Belize	2020	90.28	9.72	0
Benin	2020	12.03	44.28	43.69
Bhutan	2020	91.69	8.01	0.31
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2020	26.94	13.09	59.97
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2016	97.26	1.54	1.2
Burkina Faso	2020	9.01	27.3	63.69
Burundi	2020	6.2	93.8	0
Cambodia	2020	73.87	12.51	13.62
Cameroon	2020	36.42	59.71	3.87
Central African Republic	2020	21.51	15.48	63.01
Central and Southern Asia	2020	68.85	27.82	3.34
Chad	2020	25.3	30.45	44.25
Colombia	2020	68.03	4.05	27.92
Comoros	2016	15.57	35.46	48.96
Congo	2019	48.19	33.94	17.87
Costa Rica	2020	85.92	9.48	4.61
Cuba	2020	92.2	7.14	0.66
Côte d'Ivoire	2020	21.62	36.94	41.44
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2020			0
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2020	19.17	38.41	42.42
Dominican Republic	2020	46.9	13.8	39.3
Ecuador	2020	87.17	9.43	3.4
Egypt	2020	89.83	9.5	0.67
El Salvador	2018	90.7	6.61	2.69
Equatorial Guinea	2015	24.22	22.33	53.45
Eswatini	2020	24.31	31.38	44.31
Ethiopia	2020	8.17	53.7	38.13
Gambia	2020	17.84	74.18	7.98
Georgia	2020	91.7	6.87	1.43
Ghana	2020	41.54	36.57	21.89
Guatemala	2019	76.77	20.65	2.58
Guinea	2020	20.48	51.16	28.36
Guinea-Bissau	2020	18.11	12.88	69.01
Guyana	2018	77.42	10.81	11.77
Haiti	2020	22.37	68.82	8.81
Honduras	2016	84.17	10.08	5.75
India	2020	67.79	29.49	2.72
Indonesia	2020	94.11	5.89	0
Iraq	2020	97.39	2.47	0.14
Jamaica	2015	66.65	16.08	17.27
Kazakhstan	2019-2020	99.01	0.75	0.24
Kenya	2020	26.76	33.28	39.96
Kiribati	2020	55.58	30.6	13.83
Kyrgyzstan	2020	99.85	0.15	0
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2020	55.63	34.43	9.94
Lesotho	2020	5.51	43.19	51.3
Liberia	2017	1.19	1.42	97.4
Madagascar	2020	26.57	43.49	29.94
Malawi	2020	8.26	75.67	16.07
Maldives	2020	95.83	1.82	2.35
Mali	2020	17.03	52.87	30.1
Marshall Islands	2020	85.07	12.58	2.36
Mauritania	2019	52.73	28.02	19.25
Mexico	2019	89.84	7.23	2.92
Mongolia	2020	86.36	13.64	0
Montenegro	2020	99.24	0.45	0.31
Mozambique	2015	12.23	32.49	55.28
Myanmar	2020	74.51	20.22	5.27
Namibia	2017	44.6	43.41	11.99
Nepal	2020	62.14	36.4	1.46
Niger	2020	23.49	52.51	24.01
Nigeria	2020	33.2	36.44	30.37
Niue	2020			21.33
North Macedonia	2020	99.67	0.16	0.16
Northern Africa and Western Asia	2020	90.7	6.8	2.5
Oman	2020	97.4
Pakistan	2020	80.06	17.8	2.14
Papua New Guinea	2020	29.77	29.31	40.93
Paraguay	2020	80.15	17.54	2.31
Philippines	2020	81.71	11.62	6.66
Republic of Moldova	2016	86.98	6.55	6.48
Rwanda	2020	4.65	9.71	85.64
Saint Lucia	2016	87.33	7.44	5.23
Samoa	2020	78.8
Sao Tome and Principe	2020	55.44	16.63	27.93
Senegal	2020	22.01	21.41	56.57
Serbia	2014	98.13	0.41	1.46
Sierra Leone	2020	21.1	14.56	64.34
Solomon Islands	2019	38.64	33.48	27.88
Somalia	2020	24.95	54.41	20.64
South Africa	2020	44.37	43.34	12.29
State of Palestine	2020	184.11	13.56	2.33
Sub-Saharan Africa	2020	25.94	40.3	33.75
Sudan	2018-2020	12.51	26.36	57.63
Suriname	2020	72.1	16.83	11.07
Syrian Arab Republic	2020	82.82	8.67	8.5
Tajikistan	2020	72.87	23.59	3.54
Thailand	2020	84.97	9.12	5.91
Timor-Leste	2020	28.41	64.4	7.19
Togo	2020	17.15	9	73.86
Tonga	2020	69.54	28.55	1.91
Trinidad and Tobago	2015	90.06	4.06	5.87
Tunisia	2020	84.11	4.85	11.04
Turkmenistan	2020	100	0	0
Uganda	2020	22.59	32.28	45.13
United Republic of Tanzania	2020	48.44	34.84	16.71
Vanuatu	2017	25.21	42.83	31.96
Viet Nam	2020	86.07	12.31	1.62
World	2020	70.74	20.66	8.6
Yemen	2017	48.61	27.34	24.05
Zambia	2020	17.93	31.4	50.67
Zimbabwe	2020	42.43	54.64	2.94

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