Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking was 59.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) stood at 59.3%. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 59.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 53.3%, in 2019.
That places WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 155th out of 170 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 54.0% | — |
| 2016 | 54.7% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 56.3% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 57.0% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 53.3% | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 54.0% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 54.2% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 56.5% | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 58.6% | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 59.3% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 55.1% | 53.3% | 57.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 56.5% | 54.0% | 59.3% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.11 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 4.34 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.73 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.23 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.79 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7406 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 59.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 59.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.3% in 2019.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 155th out of 170 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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