Table 1.
Observation of handwashing materials, as measured in MICS/DHS data by World Health Organization region, 2010–2013
| Country | Year* | Survey type | Total HH | HH with soap† anywhere in the dwelling‡ (%) | Households with soap and water at observed HW place (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2012 | DHS | 17,422 | 9.4 | |
| Burkina Faso | 2010 | DHS | 14,424 | 10.1 | |
| Burundi | 2010 | DHS | 8,596 | 5.1 | |
| CAR | 2010 | MICS | 11,756 | 77.4 | 14.4 |
| Chad | 2010 | MICS | 16,386 | 55.0 | 22.3 |
| Cote d’Ivoire | 2012¥ | DHS | 9,686 | 13.0 | |
| DRC | 2010 | MICS | 11,393 | 50.1 | 3.8 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2011 | DHS | 4,223 | 22.7 | |
| Ethiopia | 2011 | DHS | 16,702 | 0.0 | |
| Gambia | 2010 | MICS | 7,791 | 55.0 | 11.0 |
| Ghana | 2011 | MICS | 11,925 | 63.6 | 11.9 |
| Guinea | 2012 | DHS | 7,109 | 7.0 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2010 | MICS | 9,859 | 3.4 | |
| Kenya, Nyanza | 2011 | MICS | 6,828 | 85.2 | 2.6 |
| Madagascar, south | 2012 | MICS | 2,968 | 33.0 | 3.7 |
| Malawi | 2010 | DHS | 24,825 | 0.2 | |
| Mozambique | 2011 | DHS | 13,919 | 10.8 | |
| Nigeria | 2011 | MICS | 29,077 | 61.5 | 13.2 |
| Rwanda | 2010 | DHS | 12,540 | 2.1 | |
| Senegal | 2011¥ | DHS-MICS | 7,902 | 20.8 | 20.2 |
| Sierra Leone | 2010 | MICS | 11,394 | 40.9 | 12.3 |
| Swaziland | 2010 | MICS | 4,834 | 88.8 | 34.7 |
| Togo | 2010 | MICS | 6,039 | 65.4 | 10.2 |
| Uganda | 2011 | DHS | 9,033 | 2.3 | |
| Zimbabwe | 2010 | DHS | 9,756 | 24.7 | |
| Afghanistan | 2011¥ | MICS | 13,116 | 74.4 | 42.6 |
| Iraq | 2011 | MICS | 35,701 | 99.1 | 91.5 |
| Pakistan | 2013¥ | DHS | 12,943 | 54.0 | |
| Pakistan, Balochistan | 2010 | MICS | 11,612 | 72.0 | 41.2 |
| Pakistan, Punjab | 2011 | MICS | 95,238 | 94.6 | 74.1 |
| Tunisia | 2012 | MICS | 9,171 | 95.5 | 78.1 |
| Bangladesh | 2011 | DHS | 17,141 | 21.4 | |
| Bhutan | 2010 | MICS | 14,676 | 98.9 | 78.7 |
| Indonesia | 2012 | DHS | 43,852 | 73.6 | |
| Nepal, mid/far western | 2010 | MICS | 5,899 | 68.0 | 39.8 |
| Nepal | 2011 | DHS | 10,826 | 47.7 | |
| Armenia | 2010 | DHS | 6,700 | 84.5 | |
| Bosnia/Herzegovina | 2012¥ | MICS | 5,778 | 98.6 | 95.6 |
| Bos/Herz, Roma | 2012¥ | MICS | 1,544 | 96.5 | 86.5 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 2012 | DHS | 8,040 | 85.2 | |
| Serbia | 2010 | MICS | 6,392 | 99.1 | 96.4 |
| Serbia, Roma | 2010 | MICS | 1,711 | 95.7 | 85.1 |
| Tajikistan | 2012 | DHS | 6,432 | 72.6 | |
| Cambodia | 2010 | DHS | 15,667 | 50.7 | |
| Mongolia | 2010 | MICS | 10,092 | 98.9 | 92.1 |
| Vietnam | 2011¥ | MICS | 11,614 | 95.1 | 84.7 |
| Belize | 2011 | MICS | 4,424 | 93.2 | 71.7 |
| Costa Rica | 2011 | MICS | 5,561 | 91.0 | 72.5 |
| Haiti | 2012 | DHS | 13,181 | 21.5 | |
| Honduras | 2012¥ | DHS | 21,362 | 79.3 | |
| Suriname | 2010 | MICS | 7,407 | 96.2 | 63.4 |
DHS = Demographic and Health Surveys; MICS = Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys; HH = household; HW = handwashing.
*
Year of completion.
†
Includes detergent and other locally used cleansing agents.
‡
Indicator only assessed in MICS questionnaires, with the exception of the Guinea-Bissau MICS.