Proportion of lower secondary … secondary drinking water basic in MDG: Developing Regions
MDG: Developing Regions: Proportion of lower secondary … secondary drinking water basic was 83.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in MDG: Developing Regions, 2015–2024
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.
Proportion of lower secondary … secondary drinking water basic in MDG: Developing Regions, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 77.2% | — |
| 2016 | 76.7% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 76.5% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 78.7% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 80.5% | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 79.9% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 81.2% | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 81.6% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 82.7% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 83.2% | +0.6% |
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
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 552.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8747 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 266.40 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 28.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6758 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 339.76 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 286.02 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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February 2026 Data Release