Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) was 50.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) stood at 50.7%. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 50.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 38.4%, in 2015.
That places ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 172nd out of 178 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 38.4% | — |
| 2016 | 39.2% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 40.5% | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 41.8% | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 43.2% | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 44.7% | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 46.3% | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 48.0% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 49.3% | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 50.7% | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 40.6% | 38.4% | 43.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 47.8% | 44.7% | 50.7% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.38 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.57 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.44 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.05 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.08 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.02 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.51 % change on previous year (2021)
All data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 50.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The highest recorded value was 50.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.4% in 2015.
- How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 172nd out of 178 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 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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February 2026 Data Release