Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in WB: Low Income (july 2025)
WB: Low Income (july 2025): 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: Low Income (july 2025), 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Low Income (july 2025) recorded 59.3% for proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in WB: Low Income (july 2025) peaked at 59.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 53.0%, in 2019.
That places WB: Low Income (july 2025) 154th 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: Low Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 53.7% | — |
| 2016 | 54.5% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 56.4% | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 57.7% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 53.0% | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 53.5% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 53.3% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 55.6% | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 57.7% | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 59.3% | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 55.1% | 53.0% | 57.7% | 5 |
| 2020s | 55.9% | 53.3% | 59.3% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.31 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.25 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.02 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.5 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.71 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.76 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking in WB: Low Income (july 2025) 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: Low Income (july 2025)?
- 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: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.0% in 2019.
- How does WB: Low Income (july 2025) rank for proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking?
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 154th out of 170 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking rising or falling in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low Income (july 2025) 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