Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025): Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water was 77.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), 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 WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) is 77.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 77.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 69.8%, in 2017.
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 112th of 178 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 71.2% | — |
| 2016 | 70.8% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 69.8% | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 74.1% | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 73.8% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 75.1% | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 76.1% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 77.1% | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 77.3% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 71.5% | 69.8% | 74.1% | 4 |
| 2020s | 75.9% | 73.8% | 77.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
- 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
- 115 Chad 34.0% compare
More education data for WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 173.87 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 337.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 701.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 210.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 84.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 363.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.1367 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) was 77.3% 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: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 77.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.8% in 2017.
- How does WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 112th out of 178 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 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