Proportion of lower secondary … secondary drinking water basic in MDG: Western Asia
MDG: Western Asia: Proportion of lower secondary … secondary drinking water basic was 98.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in MDG: Western Asia, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in MDG: Western Asia is 98.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in MDG: Western Asia peaked at 98.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 97.2%, in 2012.
That places MDG: Western Asia 32nd out of 170 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Proportion of lower secondary … secondary drinking water basic in MDG: Western Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 97.2% | — |
| 2013 | 97.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 97.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 97.3% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 97.4% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 97.4% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 97.4% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 97.6% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 97.9% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 97.9% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 98.0% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 98.3% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 98.5% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 97.4% | 97.2% | 97.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 98.1% | 97.9% | 98.5% | 5 |
More education data for MDG: Western Asia
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.03 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.11 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.88 million (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.4264 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.72 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 12.22 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 517,916 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.70 million (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in MDG: Western Asia?
- Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in MDG: Western Asia was 98.5% 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: Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 98.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking recorded in MDG: Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.2% in 2012.
- How does MDG: Western Asia rank for proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking?
- MDG: Western Asia ranks 32nd out of 170 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking rising or falling in MDG: Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this MDG: Western Asia 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