Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water was 90.7% in 2024. β¬ Flat
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 2015β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) stood at 90.7%. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 90.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 86.6%, in 2015.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 61st out of 178 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 87.1% | 86.6% | 88.3% | 4 |
| 2020s | 89.1% | 88.0% | 90.7% | 5 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 19.75 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 21.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 6.33 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 28.97 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 14.03 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 13.47 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 90.7% 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: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 90.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.6% in 2015.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 61st out of 178 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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