Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405): Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water was 59.6% in 2024. β² Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405), 2016β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) stood at 59.6%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) peaked at 59.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 49.2%, in 2016.
That places ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 137th out of 178 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 50.2% | 49.2% | 51.7% | 3 |
| 2020s | 56.4% | 53.1% | 59.6% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 50.51 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 29.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.23 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 45.99 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 92.95 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 46.96 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) was 59.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- The highest recorded value was 59.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.2% in 2016.
- How does ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) ranks 137th out of 178 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 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