Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water was 79.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) recorded 79.7% for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 79.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 70.9%, in 2017.
That places WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 110th out of 178 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 73.0% | — |
| 2016 | 72.3% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 70.9% | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 78.6% | +10.9% |
| 2022 | 79.7% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 79.9% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 79.7% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 72.0% | 70.9% | 73.0% | 3 |
| 2020s | 79.5% | 78.6% | 79.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- 107 Benin 53.0% compare
- 108 Pakistan 50.9% compare
- 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
More education data for WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 76.39 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 129.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2835 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 136.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 81.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 38.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.48 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 79.7% 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: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 79.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.9% in 2017.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 110th out of 178 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Lower 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