Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in MDG: Developing Regions
MDG: Developing Regions: Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) was 77.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in MDG: Developing Regions, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Developing Regions recorded 77.2% for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in MDG: Developing Regions peaked at 77.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 69.9%, in 2017.
MDG: Developing Regions ranks 113th of 178 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in MDG: Developing Regions, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 71.4% | — |
| 2016 | 71.0% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 69.9% | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 71.9% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 74.0% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 73.6% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 74.8% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 75.8% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 77.0% | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 77.2% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 71.6% | 69.9% | 74.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 75.7% | 73.6% | 77.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Developing Regions
- 110 Sierra Leone 50.1% compare
- 111 Philippines 46.6% compare
- 112 Mauritania 45.1% compare
- 113 Cameroon 44.8% compare
- 114 Burundi 38.9% compare
- 115 Chad 34.0% compare
- 116 Niger 31.0% compare
More education data for MDG: Developing Regions
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 552.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8747 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 266.40 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 28.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6758 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 339.76 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 286.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in MDG: Developing Regions was 77.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The highest recorded value was 77.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.9% in 2017.
- How does MDG: Developing Regions rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- MDG: Developing Regions ranks 113th out of 178 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Developing 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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February 2026 Data Release