Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification: Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) was 58.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification, 2016–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification stood at 58.4%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it 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 WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification peaked at 58.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 54.5%, in 2016.
WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification ranks 143rd of 178 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 54.5% | — |
| 2017 | 55.1% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 56.8% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 57.5% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 57.7% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 58.1% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 58.3% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 58.4% | +0.2% |
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 WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.3263 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 36.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7518 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 22.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.8795 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 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 WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- 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 WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.5% in 2016.
- How does WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 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 WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 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