Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water was 77.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries is 77.4%, measured 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 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 77.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 70.1%, in 2017.
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 111th of 178 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 71.6% | — |
| 2016 | 71.2% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 70.1% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 72.1% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 74.2% | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 73.8% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 75.0% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 75.9% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 77.2% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 77.4% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 71.8% | 70.1% | 74.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 75.9% | 73.8% | 77.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- 108 Pakistan 50.9% compare
- 109 Solomon Islands 50.1% compare
- 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
More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 274.67 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 294.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 178.96 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 29.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 371.32 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 193.44 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 181.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 77.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 77.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.1% in 2017.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 111th out of 178 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef 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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February 2026 Data Release