Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in MDG: Eastern Asia
MDG: Eastern Asia: Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) was 99.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in MDG: Eastern Asia, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Eastern Asia recorded 99.0% for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in MDG: Eastern Asia peaked at 99.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 98.8%, in 2015.
MDG: Eastern Asia ranks 23rd of 178 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in MDG: Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 98.8% | — |
| 2016 | 98.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 98.9% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 99.2% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 99.3% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 99.3% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.1% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 99.1% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.0% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 99.0% | 98.8% | 99.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 99.0% | 99.3% | 5 |
More education data for MDG: Eastern Asia
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 53.41 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.2925 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.03 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 103.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6211 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 60.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 9,711 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.52 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in MDG: Eastern Asia?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in MDG: Eastern Asia was 99.0% 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: Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in MDG: Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.8% in 2015.
- How does MDG: Eastern Asia rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- MDG: Eastern Asia ranks 23rd out of 178 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in MDG: Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this MDG: Eastern Asia 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