Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) was 82.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Upper 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: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) is 82.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 82.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 75.9%, in 2018.
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 95th of 178 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 77.2% | — |
| 2016 | 77.1% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 76.6% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 75.9% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 77.1% | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 77.9% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 78.8% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 79.5% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 81.8% | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 82.5% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 76.8% | 75.9% | 77.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 80.1% | 77.9% | 82.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 123.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 112.37 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.9825 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 233.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3514 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5256 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 38.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 35.41 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) was 82.5% 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: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 82.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.9% in 2018.
- How does WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water?
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 95th out of 178 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Upper 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