Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) was 54.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) stood at 54.9%. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 26.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 54.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 43.5%, in 2015.
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 162nd of 178 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 43.5% | — |
| 2016 | 44.0% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 45.0% | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 46.0% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 47.0% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 48.7% | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 49.6% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 52.3% | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 53.7% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 54.9% | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 45.1% | 43.5% | 47.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 51.8% | 48.7% | 54.9% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.79 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 25.42 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.88 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.13 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.57 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.23 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 54.9% 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: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 54.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.5% in 2015.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 162nd out of 178 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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