Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in WB: Arab World
WB: Arab World: Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) was 90.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Arab World, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Arab World stood at 90.7%. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Arab World peaked at 90.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 86.6%, in 2015.
WB: Arab World ranks 61st of 178 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in WB: Arab World, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 86.6% | — |
| 2016 | 86.7% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 86.8% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 88.3% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 88.1% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 88.0% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 88.3% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 90.5% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 90.7% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 87.1% | 86.6% | 88.3% | 4 |
| 2020s | 89.1% | 88.0% | 90.7% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Arab World
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 28.97 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 40.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5445 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 55.62 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7891 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Arab World?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Arab World was 90.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in WB: Arab World?
- The highest recorded value was 90.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in WB: Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.6% in 2015.
- How does WB: Arab World rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- WB: Arab World ranks 61st out of 178 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in WB: Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this WB: Arab World 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