Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
117
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
0.0%
Nauru
Median
100.0%
Years covered
27
1999–2025
Data points
3,170
What the numbers show
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 0.0% in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 90.5%.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Marshall Islands (up 2,079.7%), and the largest decrease in Nauru (down 100.0%).
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 1 | Chile | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 100.0% | 2022 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominica | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Georgia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Grenada | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malaysia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palau | 100.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Seychelles | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tonga | 100.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 1 | Turkey | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | British Virgin Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Samoa | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Anguilla | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montserrat | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Niue | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tokelau | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2025 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 73 | Bhutan | 99.5% | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 74 | China | 99.2% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 75 | Palestine | 99.1% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 76 | India | 99.0% | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 77 | Bangladesh | 98.4% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 78 | Armenia | 97.7% | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 79 | East Timor | 95.9% | 2023 | up 138.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Gambia | 95.8% | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 81 | Malawi | 95.3% | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 82 | Brazil | 94.6% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 83 | Namibia | 94.2% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 93.0% | 2020 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 85 | Zimbabwe | 92.0% | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 86 | Algeria | 90.9% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 87 | Sri Lanka | 90.4% | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 88 | Indonesia | 90.4% | 2025 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 89 | Tuvalu | 90.0% | 2025 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 90 | Tunisia | 90.0% | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 91 | Djibouti | 88.4% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 92 | Micronesia (country) | 86.1% | 2024 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 93 | Syria | 86.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 94 | Senegal | 85.5% | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 95 | Vietnam | 84.5% | 2024 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 96 | Panama | 82.9% | 2024 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Mexico | 82.4% | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 98 | Morocco | 82.1% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 99 | Rwanda | 80.5% | 2024 | up 114.5% | rising |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 74.5% | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 101 | Kiribati | 74.2% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 102 | Marshall Islands | 69.6% | 2023 | up 2,079.7% | rising |
| 103 | Cote d'Ivoire | 68.2% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 104 | Ecuador | 65.9% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 105 | Peru | 65.8% | 2019 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 106 | Togo | 58.5% | 2024 | up 229.6% | rising |
| 107 | Benin | 53.0% | 2022 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 108 | Pakistan | 50.9% | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 109 | Solomon Islands | 50.1% | 2024 | up 156.2% | rising |
| 110 | Sierra Leone | 50.1% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 111 | Philippines | 46.6% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 112 | Mauritania | 45.1% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 113 | Cameroon | 44.8% | 2022 | up 23.6% | flat |
| 114 | Burundi | 38.9% | 2019 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 115 | Chad | 34.0% | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 116 | Niger | 31.0% | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 117 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 100.0%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 100.0%
- UNICEF: North America 100.0%
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 100.0%
- SDG: Northern America 100.0%
- WB: North America 100.0%
- WB: Euro Area 100.0%
- AIMS: Central Asia 99.8%
- SDG: Central Asia 99.8%
- UIS: Central Asia 99.8%
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 99.8%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 99.7%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 99.7%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 99.7%
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 99.5%
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 99.5%
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 99.4%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 99.4%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 99.3%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 99.2%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 99.1%
- WB: European Union 99.1%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 99.0%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 99.0%
- SDG: Europe 98.9%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 98.9%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 98.8%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 98.7%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 98.7%
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 98.5%
- MDG: Developed Regions 98.5%
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 97.6%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 97.6%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 97.4%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 97.3%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 97.2%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 97.1%
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 97.1%
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 97.1%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 96.8%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release