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China: Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities

98.38percent · 2019

Percentage of schools by level of education (primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education) with access to the given facility or service. The value is calculated as the number of schools in a given level of education with access to the relevant facilities expressed as a percentage of all schools at that level of education. Basic handwashing facilities are defined as functional handwashing facilities, with soap and water available to all girls and boys. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/ Annual figures for China from 2017 to 2019.

20172019

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YearValue (percent)Note
201998.379
201897.168
201797.168

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-proportion-of-primary-schools-with-basic-handwashing-facilities (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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