Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water was 58.4% in 2024. β² Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in SDG: Least Developed Countries, 2016β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in SDG: Least Developed Countries stood at 58.4%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in SDG: Least Developed Countries peaked at 58.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 54.5%, in 2016.
That places SDG: Least Developed Countries 143rd out of 178 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 55.5% | 54.5% | 56.8% | 3 |
| 2020s | 58.0% | 57.5% | 58.4% | 5 |
More education data for SDG: Least Developed Countries
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.3% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 36.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 22.98 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 4.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 87.82 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 74.48 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 37.68 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in SDG: Least Developed Countries was 58.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 58.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.5% in 2016.
- How does SDG: Least Developed Countries rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 143rd out of 178 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Least Developed Countries 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