Proportion of schools with basic drinking water services (Drinking Water) by country
Countries reporting
156
Highest
100
Andorra
Lowest
15.95
Central African Republic
Median
93.84
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
3,592
What the numbers show
Proportion of schools with basic drinking water services (Drinking Water) is currently reported for 156 countries. The highest value is 100 in Andorra; the lowest is 15.95 in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 93.84, and the mean is 82.18.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 463.2%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 38.9%).
Proportion of schools with basic drinking water services (Drinking): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominica | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100 | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 1 | South Korea | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Macao | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nauru | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 100 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 1 | Poland | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palestine | 100 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 1 | Qatar | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Seychelles | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 100 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Turkey | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Anguilla | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montserrat | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Niue | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tokelau | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Sweden | 99.98 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Samoa | 99.9 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 63 | Grenada | 99.86 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 64 | Cuba | 99.69 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 65 | Antigua and Barbuda | 99.54 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99.46 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Maldives | 99.33 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 68 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 98.71 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 69 | Serbia | 98.45 | 2023 | up 105.9% | rising |
| 70 | Venezuela | 97.49 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | British Virgin Islands | 96.98 | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 72 | Armenia | 96.59 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Croatia | 96.36 | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 74 | Malaysia | 95.35 | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 75 | Tonga | 95.03 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | India | 94.91 | 2023 | up 110.9% | rising |
| 77 | Jamaica | 94.89 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Romania | 93.88 | 2023 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 79 | Moldova | 93.8 | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 80 | Malawi | 92.47 | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 81 | Ukraine | 91.18 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Algeria | 91.12 | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 83 | Bangladesh | 89.65 | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 84 | Morocco | 89.5 | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 85 | Palau | 89.26 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 87.04 | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 87 | Cambodia | 85.79 | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 88 | Micronesia (country) | 85.55 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Syria | 84.66 | 2023 | up 128.4% | rising |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 84.17 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Argentina | 82.09 | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Montenegro | 81.95 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Albania | 81.91 | 2023 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 94 | El Salvador | 81.72 | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 95 | Zambia | 79.07 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 78.69 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Ghana | 78.48 | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 98 | Honduras | 78.07 | 2023 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 99 | Namibia | 77.86 | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Fiji | 77.62 | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 101 | Ecuador | 77.15 | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 102 | Myanmar | 77.05 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Tuvalu | 76.55 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Belize | 76.14 | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Indonesia | 75.52 | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 106 | Mongolia | 74.4 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Georgia | 73.8 | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Peru | 73.67 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 109 | Senegal | 72.79 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Paraguay | 72.3 | 2022 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 111 | Mexico | 71.09 | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 112 | Guyana | 71 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | East Timor | 70.28 | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 114 | Mali | 70.08 | 2021 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | 70.01 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | 69.86 | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 117 | Tunisia | 69.5 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Vietnam | 67.79 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Uruguay | 67.49 | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 120 | Marshall Islands | 66.83 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Benin | 65.86 | 2023 | up 109.9% | rising |
| 122 | Gabon | 65.78 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 123 | Afghanistan | 65.66 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Togo | 65.38 | 2023 | up 463.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Bhutan | 65.11 | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.17 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Burkina Faso | 62.81 | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 128 | Colombia | 62.03 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Iraq | 60.25 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 130 | Panama | 59.69 | 2023 | up 210.5% | rising |
| 131 | Lebanon | 59.4 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Tanzania | 56.09 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Nepal | 55.44 | 2023 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 134 | Liberia | 55.04 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 135 | Uganda | 54.77 | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 136 | Congo | 54.35 | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 137 | Rwanda | 54.05 | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 138 | Nicaragua | 53.27 | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 139 | Somalia | 52.85 | 2023 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 140 | Cote d'Ivoire | 52.16 | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 141 | South Sudan | 50.76 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Laos | 49.14 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Papua New Guinea | 46.83 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Philippines | 46.27 | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 145 | Burundi | 45.82 | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 146 | Sudan | 43.47 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Sierra Leone | 39.39 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Nigeria | 35.62 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Yemen | 35.57 | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Pakistan | 35.49 | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 30.97 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Chad | 30.38 | 2023 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 28.5 | 2023 | up 170.1% | rising |
| 154 | Cameroon | 23.72 | 2023 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 155 | Libya | 17 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Central African Republic | 15.95 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- América del Norte 100
- Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG) 100
- Europa Occidental 99.96
- World Bank (high income) 99.46
- Europe and Northern America (UNSDG) 99.1
- Europe (WHO regions) 95.77
- Europa y Asia Central 95.71
- Europa del Este y Asia Central 91.58
- South-East Asia (WHO regions) 91.02
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG) 90.04
- Asia Oriental y Pacífico 89.75
- Europe and Central Asia (UNICEF Prog.regions) 89.52
- East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) 89.08
- South Asia (UNICEF Prog.regions) 83.89
- Asia Meridional 83.89
- Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) 83.7
- Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG) 83.54
- Americas (WHO regions) 82.97
- Oriente Medio y África del Norte 81.42
- World Bank (upper middle income) 80.16
- Northern Africa and Western Asia (UNSDG) 80.09
- Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 77.03
- SDG regions - Global (UNSDG) 76.95
- Northern Africa (African Union) 76.33
- World Bank (lower middle income) 75.33
- Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) 75.17
- América Latina y el Caribe 75.06
- Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) 75.05
- Small island developing States (SIDS) (UNSDG) 70.9
- (SDGRC) North Africa 69.56
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions) 60.88
- Países menos adelantados 59.98
- (SDGRC) Southern Africa 56.22
- Southern Africa (African Union) 56.07
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDC) (UNSDG) 53.08
- Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) 51.81
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) (UNSDG) 51.22
- OECD Fragile Contexts 50.43
- World Bank (low income) 49.15
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 48.74