Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in MDG: Developed Regions
MDG: Developed Regions: Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water was 98.5% in 2022. β¬ Flat
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in MDG: Developed Regions, 2000β2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in MDG: Developed Regions stood at 98.5%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in MDG: Developed Regions peaked at 98.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 97.9%, in 2019.
MDG: Developed Regions ranks 31st of 178 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 98.1% | 98.0% | 98.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.0% | 97.9% | 98.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.3% | 98.1% | 98.5% | 3 |
More education data for MDG: Developed Regions
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 48.26 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 14.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 51.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 35.37 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 5.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 38.71 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 22.60 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 21.40 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in MDG: Developed Regions?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in MDG: Developed Regions was 98.5% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in MDG: Developed Regions?
- The highest recorded value was 98.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in MDG: Developed Regions?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.9% in 2019.
- How does MDG: Developed Regions rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- MDG: Developed Regions ranks 31st out of 178 groups with data for 2022.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in MDG: Developed Regions?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this MDG: Developed Regions 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