Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking was 65.3% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in SDG: Least Developed Countries, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in SDG: Least Developed Countries stood at 65.3%. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in SDG: Least Developed Countries peaked at 69.9% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 65.3%, in 2024.
SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 136th of 170 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in SDG: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 66.8% | — |
| 2016 | 67.2% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 69.0% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 69.9% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 68.1% | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 68.5% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 66.9% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 66.9% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 66.6% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 65.3% | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 68.2% | 66.8% | 69.9% | 5 |
| 2020s | 66.8% | 65.3% | 68.5% | 5 |
More education data for SDG: Least Developed Countries
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.3% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 36.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 22.98 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 4.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 87.82 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 37.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 36.80 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in SDG: Least Developed Countries was 65.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 69.9% in 2018.
- What is the lowest proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.3% in 2024.
- How does SDG: Least Developed Countries rank for proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking?
- SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 136th out of 170 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking rising or falling in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this SDG: Least Developed Countries 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