Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428): Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water was 85.3% in 2024. β² Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), 2015β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) recorded 85.3% for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) peaked at 86.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 75.5%, in 2017.
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 86th of 178 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 79.3% | 75.5% | 84.8% | 5 |
| 2020s | 85.2% | 83.2% | 86.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
More education data for ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 84.88 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 91.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 53.53 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 101.13 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 72.30 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 66.98 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) was 85.3% 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: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The highest recorded value was 86.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.5% in 2017.
- How does ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 86th out of 178 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 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