Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in Brazil
Brazil: Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water was 94.6% in 2024. β² Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in Brazil, 2012β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in Brazil stood at 94.6%. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in Brazil peaked at 94.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 84.0%, in 2017.
Brazil ranks 77th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 85.9% | 84.0% | 91.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 93.8% | 92.5% | 94.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 74 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 95.9% compare
- 75 Gambia, The 95.8% compare
- 76 Malawi 95.3% compare
- 78 Namibia 94.2% compare
- 79 Costa Rica 93.0% compare
- 80 Zimbabwe 92.0% compare
More education data for Brazil
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 696,748 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0033 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in Brazil?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in Brazil was 94.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 94.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.0% in 2017.
- How does Brazil rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- Brazil ranks 77th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release