Share of primary schools with access to drinking water in Mexico
Mexico: Share of primary schools with access to drinking water was 82.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of primary schools with access to drinking water in Mexico, 2013–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 82.4% for share of primary schools with access to drinking water in 2025. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary schools with access to drinking water in Mexico peaked at 82.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 76.2%, in 2013.
That places Mexico 97th out of 116 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Share of primary schools with access to drinking water in Mexico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 76.2% | — |
| 2019 | 78.5% | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 79.7% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 78.4% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 80.8% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 81.9% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 82.1% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 82.4% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 77.4% | 76.2% | 78.5% | 2 |
| 2020s | 80.9% | 78.4% | 82.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More education data for Mexico
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 401,971 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 169,861 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 2.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary schools with access to drinking water in Mexico?
- Share of primary schools with access to drinking water in Mexico was 82.4% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary schools with access to drinking water recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 82.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of primary schools with access to drinking water recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.2% in 2013.
- How does Mexico rank for share of primary schools with access to drinking water?
- Mexico ranks 97th out of 116 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of primary schools with access to drinking water rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary schools with access to drinking water. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of public primary schools with a drinking water facility or water delivery point that is designed to protect water from external contamination, particularly of fecal origin.