Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Low Income (july 2025)
WB: Low Income (july 2025): Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water was 51.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Low Income (july 2025), 2016–2024
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 Income (july 2025) is 51.7%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Low Income (july 2025) peaked at 51.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40.9%, in 2016.
WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 170th of 178 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Low Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 40.9% | — |
| 2017 | 42.0% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 43.4% | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 44.7% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 45.9% | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 47.2% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 48.9% | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 50.4% | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 51.7% | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 42.7% | 40.9% | 44.7% | 4 |
| 2020s | 48.8% | 45.9% | 51.7% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.31 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.25 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.02 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.5 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.71 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.76 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.75 million (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Low Income (july 2025) was 51.7% 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: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 51.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.9% in 2016.
- How does WB: Low Income (july 2025) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 170th 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 Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low 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