Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) was 89.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) stood at 89.7%. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 89.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 87.0%, in 2015.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 66th out of 178 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 87.0% | — |
| 2016 | 87.0% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 87.1% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 88.5% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 88.9% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 88.6% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 88.5% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 88.8% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 89.6% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 89.7% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 87.7% | 87.0% | 88.9% | 5 |
| 2020s | 89.0% | 88.5% | 89.7% | 5 |
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 25.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 16.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.304 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 34.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 49.61 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 23.71 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 89.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 89.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.0% in 2015.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 66th out of 178 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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