Share of primary schools with access to drinking water in Senegal
Senegal: Share of primary schools with access to drinking water was 85.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary schools with access to drinking water in Senegal, 2014–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of primary schools with access to drinking water in Senegal is 85.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary schools with access to drinking water in Senegal peaked at 85.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 69.2%, in 2014.
That places Senegal 94th out of 116 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Share of primary schools with access to drinking water in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 69.2% | — |
| 2019 | 78.3% | +13.1% |
| 2020 | 79.5% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 80.8% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 82.7% | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 80.3% | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 85.5% | +6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 73.8% | 69.2% | 78.3% | 2 |
| 2020s | 81.7% | 79.5% | 85.5% | 5 |
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More education data for Senegal
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 577,601 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.24 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 344,469 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 13.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 279,917 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 24,875 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 47,214 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 145,925 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.6393 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary schools with access to drinking water in Senegal?
- Share of primary schools with access to drinking water in Senegal was 85.5% in 2024, 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 85.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary schools with access to drinking water recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.2% in 2014.
- How does Senegal rank for share of primary schools with access to drinking water?
- Senegal ranks 94th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary schools with access to drinking water rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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.