Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in Kiribati
Kiribati: Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water was 74.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
74.2%
Change on year
down 22.6%
World rank
96th
of 112 countries
All-time high
97.9%
in 2021
All-time low
74.2%
in 2024
Years of data
5
2020–2024
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in Kiribati, 2020–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in Kiribati stood at 74.2%. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 22.6% on the previous year and down 23.4% over five years.
Kiribati ranks 96th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Countries ranked near Kiribati
- 93 Morocco 82.1% compare
- 94 Rwanda 80.5% compare
- 95 Burkina Faso 74.5% compare
- 97 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 69.6%
- 98 Côte d’Ivoire 68.2% compare
- 99 Ecuador 65.9% compare
More education data for Kiribati
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 734 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 95.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0055 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in Kiribati?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in Kiribati was 74.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 97.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.2% in 2024.
- How does Kiribati rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- Kiribati ranks 96th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Kiribati 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