Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water was 45.0% in 2023. β² Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 2015β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) stood at 45.0%. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 34.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 45.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 31.0%, in 2021.
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 176th of 178 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 33.2% | 32.1% | 34.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 37.9% | 31.0% | 45.0% | 4 |
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.73 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 14.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 859,574 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 229,324 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 5.65 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 2.09 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 2.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 45.0% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 45.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.0% in 2021.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 176th out of 178 groups with data for 2023.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 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