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.
- 75 % of the world’s population has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2022)
Available time series: 2000-2022
Number of countries (and areas) reporting in the last five years: 99
Proportion of world population covered by reporting in the last five years:73%
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 (2022)
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 (2022)
- 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 (2022)
Status of different components of indicator 6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (2022)
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 - 2022
Country (or area), SDG region, world | Year | 6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home | |||||
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Basic service | Limited service | No handwashing facility | |||||
Afghanistan | 2022 | 48.21 | 46.16 | 5.62 | |||
Algeria | 2022 | 84.8 | 10.98 | 4.21 | |||
American Samoa | 2021 | 6.3 | |||||
Angola | 2020 | 27.09 | 15.06 | 57.84 | |||
Armenia | 2022 | 94.42 | 0.71 | 4.86 | |||
Aruba | 2022 | 99.3 | |||||
Azerbaijan | 2017 | 89.3 | 9.16 | 1.54 | |||
Bahrain | 2022 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bangladesh | 2022 | 61.73 | 32.94 | 5.33 | |||
Barbados | 2016 | 88.47 | 2.35 | 9.18 | |||
Belize | 2022 | 90.29 | 9.71 | 0 | |||
Benin | 2022 | 12.13 | 44.19 | 43.68 | |||
Bhutan | 2022 | 93.2 | 6.68 | 0.12 | |||
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2022 | 26.99 | 12.96 | 60.05 | |||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2016 | 97.26 | 1.54 | 1.2 | |||
Burkina Faso | 2022 | 9.16 | 27.33 | 63.51 | |||
Burundi | 2022 | 6.3 | 93.7 | 0 | |||
Cambodia | 2022 | 83.35 | 6.79 | 9.86 | |||
Cameroon | 2022 | 36.71 | 59.43 | 3.86 | |||
Central African Republic | 2022 | 22.18 | 16.49 | 61.33 | |||
Central and Southern Asia | 2022 | 75.93 | 20.48 | 3.59 | |||
Chad | 2022 | 26.2 | 31.28 | 42.52 | |||
China | 2022 | 97.21 | 2.72 | 0.07 | |||
Colombia | 2022 | 70.15 | 4.02 | 25.82 | |||
Comoros | 2016 | 15.57 | 35.46 | 48.96 | |||
Congo | 2019 | 48.19 | 33.94 | 17.87 | |||
Costa Rica | 2022 | 85.96 | 9.44 | 4.6 | |||
Cuba | 2022 | 93.38 | 6.19 | 0.43 | |||
Côte d'Ivoire | 2022 | 21.81 | 36.7 | 41.49 | |||
Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2022 | 0 | |||||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2022 | 19.35 | 38.4 | 42.25 | |||
Dominican Republic | 2022 | 48.32 | 14.14 | 37.53 | |||
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia | 2022 | 92.69 | 6.44 | 0.87 | |||
Ecuador | 2022 | 87.23 | 9.38 | 3.39 | |||
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 | 2022 | 8.32 | 53.77 | 37.91 | |||
Fiji | 2022 | 86.53 | 11.03 | 2.44 | |||
Gambia | 2022 | 12.94 | 78.42 | 8.64 | |||
Georgia | 2022 | 91.76 | 6.81 | 1.43 | |||
Ghana | 2022 | 41.69 | 36.5 | 21.81 | |||
Guatemala | 2019 | 76.77 | 20.65 | 2.58 | |||
Guinea | 2022 | 20.64 | 51.04 | 28.32 | |||
Guinea-Bissau | 2022 | 19.69 | 13.94 | 66.37 | |||
Guyana | 2022 | 83.47 | 10.26 | 6.26 | |||
Haiti | 2022 | 22.58 | 68.77 | 8.65 | |||
Honduras | 2022 | 84.96 | 14.6 | 0.44 | |||
India | 2022 | 76.26 | 20.28 | 3.46 | |||
Indonesia | 2022 | 78.99 | 21.01 | 0 | |||
Iraq | 2022 | 97.39 | 2.47 | 0.14 | |||
Jamaica | 2015 | 66.65 | 16.08 | 17.27 | |||
Kazakhstan | 2019-2022 | 99.01 | 0.75 | 0.23 | |||
Kenya | 2022 | 37.6 | 28.51 | 33.89 | |||
Kiribati | 2022 | 55.68 | 30.57 | 13.75 | |||
Kyrgyzstan | 2022 | 99.85 | 0.15 | 0 | |||
Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2021 | 55.81 | 34.27 | 9.92 | |||
Lesotho | 2022 | 5.57 | 43.17 | 51.26 | |||
Liberia | 2022 | 3.44 | 23.53 | 73.03 | |||
Madagascar | 2022 | 23.44 | 58.48 | 18.09 | |||
Malawi | 2022 | 15.31 | 61.37 | 23.32 | |||
Maldives | 2021 | 95.84 | 1.82 | 2.34 | |||
Mali | 2022 | 17.3 | 52.57 | 30.13 | |||
Marshall Islands | 2021 | 85.09 | 12.56 | 2.35 | |||
Mauritania | 2022 | 41.75 | 37.66 | 20.59 | |||
Mexico | 2019-2022 | 93.94 | 4.23 | 2.92 | |||
Mongolia | 2022 | 86.38 | 13.62 | 0 | |||
Montenegro | 2022 | 99.24 | 0.44 | 0.31 | |||
Mozambique | 2015 | 12.23 | 32.49 | 55.28 | |||
Myanmar | 2022 | 74.59 | 20.16 | 5.25 | |||
Namibia | 2017 | 44.6 | 43.41 | 11.99 | |||
Nepal | 2022 | 63.54 | 34.91 | 1.54 | |||
Niger | 2022 | 24.62 | 51.25 | 24.13 | |||
Nigeria | 2022 | 31.08 | 30.74 | 38.18 | |||
Niue | 2022 | 21.33 | |||||
North Macedonia | 2022 | 99.67 | 0.16 | 0.16 | |||
Northern Africa and Western Asia | 2018-2020 | 83.72 | 8.46 | 7.65 | |||
Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) | 2022 | 39.38 | 27.3 | 33.32 | |||
Oman | 2021 | 97.4 | |||||
Pakistan | 2022 | 84.69 | 14.38 | 0.92 | |||
Papua New Guinea | 2022 | 29.86 | 29.3 | 40.85 | |||
Paraguay | 2020 | 80.15 | 17.54 | 2.31 | |||
Philippines | 2022 | 81.75 | 11.61 | 6.64 | |||
Republic of Moldova | 2016 | 86.98 | 6.55 | 6.48 | |||
Rwanda | 2022 | 18.4 | 42.85 | 38.75 | |||
Saint Lucia | 2016 | 87.33 | 7.44 | 5.23 | |||
Samoa | 2022 | 71.96 | 25.99 | 2.05 | |||
Sao Tome and Principe | 2022 | 58.06 | 17.08 | 24.87 | |||
Senegal | 2022 | 22.25 | 21.43 | 56.32 | |||
Serbia | 2014 | 98.13 | 0.41 | 1.46 | |||
Sierra Leone | 2022 | 17.84 | 12.39 | 69.77 | |||
Solomon Islands | 2019 | 38.64 | 33.48 | 27.88 | |||
Somalia | 2022 | 25.1 | 54.39 | 20.51 | |||
South Africa | 2020 | 44.37 | 43.34 | 12.29 | |||
South Sudan | 2022 | 5.6 | |||||
Sri Lanka | 2022 | 85.35 | 3.34 | 11.31 | |||
State of Palestine | 2022 | 94.92 | 4.5 | 0.58 | |||
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2022 | 23.26 | 42.34 | 34.4 | |||
Sudan | 2018-2022 | 10.76 | 26.36 | 57.63 | |||
Suriname | 2022 | 72.12 | 16.81 | 11.08 | |||
Syrian Arab Republic | 2022 | 84.42 | 10.57 | 5.01 | |||
Tajikistan | 2022 | 72.95 | 23.51 | 3.53 | |||
Thailand | 2022 | 85.02 | 9.06 | 5.92 | |||
Timor-Leste | 2020 | 28.41 | 64.4 | 7.19 | |||
Togo | 2022 | 17.34 | 9.04 | 73.62 | |||
Tonga | 2022 | 69.54 | 28.54 | 1.91 | |||
Trinidad and Tobago | 2015 | 90.06 | 4.06 | 5.87 | |||
Tunisia | 2022 | 84.27 | 4.81 | 10.92 | |||
Turkmenistan | 2022 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Turks and Caicos Islands | 2022 | 94.98 | 4.52 | 0.5 | |||
Tuvalu | 2022 | 93.96 | 5.37 | 0.68 | |||
Uganda | 2022 | 30.9 | 38.74 | 30.35 | |||
United Republic of Tanzania | 2022 | 28.92 | 62.64 | 8.45 | |||
Uzbekistan | 2022 | 81.63 | 0.08 | 18.29 | |||
Vanuatu | 2022 | 75.88 | 21.89 | 2.23 | |||
Viet Nam | 2022 | 88.71 | 9.55 | 1.74 | |||
World | 2022 | 75.15 | 16.66 | 8.19 | |||
Yemen | 2017 | 48.61 | 27.34 | 24.05 | |||
Zambia | 2022 | 18.15 | 23.93 | 57.91 | |||
Zimbabwe | 2022 | 42.46 | 54.61 | 2.94 |