Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in MDG: Developing Regions
MDG: Developing Regions: Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking was 83.2% in 2024. β² Rising
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in MDG: Developing Regions, 2015β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in MDG: Developing Regions stood at 83.2%. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in MDG: Developing Regions peaked at 83.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 76.5%, in 2017.
That places MDG: Developing Regions 110th out of 170 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 77.9% | 76.5% | 80.5% | 5 |
| 2020s | 81.7% | 79.9% | 83.2% | 5 |
More education data for MDG: Developing Regions
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 266.40 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 286.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 171.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 28.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 365.72 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 190.49 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 178.28 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in MDG: Developing Regions was 83.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The highest recorded value was 83.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.5% in 2017.
- How does MDG: Developing Regions rank for proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking?
- MDG: Developing Regions ranks 110th out of 170 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking rising or falling in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Developing Regions data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking water (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release