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)

Data provider: WHO and UNICEF through the Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP)
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 economy covered by reporting in the last five years: 41%
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)

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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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SDG Progress Report

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 (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
Country (or area), SDG region, world	Year	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

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