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Proportion of schools with improved drinking water sources (Drinking Water) by country

Countries reporting
172
Highest
100
Andorra
Lowest
11.57
Comoros
Median
95.88
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,634

What the numbers show

Proportion of schools with improved drinking water sources (Drinking Water) is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 100 in Andorra; the lowest is 11.57 in Comoros.

The median across all reporting countries is 95.88, and the mean is 86.68.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 177.2%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 40.1%).

Proportion of schools with improved drinking water sources: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Andorra 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 United Arab Emirates 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Antigua and Barbuda 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 Bahamas 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 Botswana 100 2023 up 6.6% flat
1 Switzerland 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 China (People’s Republic of) 100 2023 up 2.7% 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 Grenada 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Hong Kong (China) 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 0.3% flat
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Korea 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Kuwait 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Saint Lucia 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Lithuania 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Luxembourg 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Latvia 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Macau (China) 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Monaco 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Malta 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Mauritius 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Malaysia 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 2.7% rising
1 Palau 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Poland 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Paraguay 100 2023 up 16.3% rising
1 Palestine, State of 100 2023 up 3.5% 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 Slovak Republic 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Seychelles 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Turks and Caicos Islands 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Thailand 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Turkmenistan 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Türkiye 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Tuvalu 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 United States 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 British Virgin Islands 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Samoa 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
75 Cabo Verde 99.81 2023 up 5.0% rising
76 Moldova 99.76 2023 up 9.3% rising
77 Cuba 99.69 2023 up 2.9% rising
78 Maldives 99.33 2023 unchanged flat
79 Serbia 98.45 2023 unchanged flat
80 Mongolia 98.25 2021 unchanged flat
81 Syrian Arab Republic 97.8 2022 unchanged flat
82 Russia 97.16 2023 up 0.8% flat
83 Armenia 97.14 2023 unchanged flat
84 South Africa 96.94 2021 up 4.7% rising
85 Chile 96.37 2019 up 3.1% rising
86 Croatia 96.36 2023 unchanged flat
87 Belize 95.4 2013 unchanged flat
88 Ukraine 95.12 2023 unchanged flat
89 India 94.91 2023 up 11.1% rising
90 Somalia 94.52 2023 up 177.2% rising
91 Vanuatu 94.51 2020 unchanged flat
92 Djibouti 93.91 2023 up 9.7% rising
93 Tunisia 93.72 2023 up 6.3% rising
94 Mali 93.69 2023 up 74.2% rising
95 Malawi 93.58 2023 up 10.4% rising
96 Ecuador 93.27 2023 up 16.1% rising
97 Sri Lanka 93.22 2023 up 16.4% rising
98 Senegal 93.13 2023 up 56.3% rising
99 Algeria 92.24 2021 down 4.8% falling
100 El Salvador 91.64 2023 up 4.5% rising
101 Bhutan 91.55 2023 up 2.7% rising
102 Costa Rica 91.48 2023 up 1.1% flat
103 Montenegro 91.3 2023 unchanged flat
104 Bangladesh 91.3 2023 up 12.6% rising
105 Argentina 90.28 2023 up 5.8% rising
106 Namibia 90.09 2017 up 3.8% flat
107 Georgia 90 2017 unchanged flat
108 Zimbabwe 89.57 2023 up 2.8% flat
109 Brazil 88.84 2023 up 11.4% rising
110 Dominican Republic 88.75 2023 up 13.8% rising
111 Cambodia 88.56 2023 down 6.8% falling
112 Mexico 88.52 2023 down 0.4% flat
113 Uganda 88.21 2023 down 0.9% flat
114 Peru 87.95 2023 up 12.0% rising
115 Morocco 87.08 2019 unchanged flat
116 Indonesia 86.59 2023 up 2.6% flat
117 Eswatini 86.4 2023 up 14.1% rising
118 Tajikistan 86.25 2021 unchanged flat
119 Micronesia (Federated States of) 85.71 2023 — flat
120 Uzbekistan 85.29 2023 unchanged flat
121 Sao Tome and Principe 85.28 2023 up 4.9% rising
122 Iraq 84.57 2023 unchanged flat
123 Zambia 84.11 2023 unchanged flat
124 Libya 84 2021 unchanged flat
125 Panama 83.59 2023 up 8.3% rising
126 Guyana 83 2014 unchanged flat
127 Ghana 82.19 2023 up 24.4% rising
128 Philippines 80.55 2023 up 60.3% rising
129 Benin 79.1 2021 up 100.9% rising
130 Nepal 79.03 2023 down 0.7% flat
131 Afghanistan 78.25 2023 up 11.8% rising
132 Honduras 78.07 2023 up 2.6% rising
133 Gambia 77.83 2023 up 7.6% rising
134 Fiji 77.62 2023 down 21.5% falling
135 Colombia 77.09 2023 up 2.2% rising
136 Gabon 77 2023 unchanged flat
137 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 76.92 2023 up 30.0% rising
138 Tanzania 76.75 2023 up 36.1% rising
139 Kiribati 75.8 2023 up 17.8% rising
140 Kenya 75.42 2018 unchanged flat
141 Timor-Leste 73.17 2020 up 26.2% rising
142 Burkina Faso 72.2 2023 up 40.3% rising
143 Côte d’Ivoire 70.77 2023 up 54.7% rising
144 Guatemala 69.97 2023 down 11.5% falling
145 Eritrea 69.64 2021 up 19.7% rising
146 Uruguay 67.49 2023 down 29.8% falling
147 South Sudan 67.05 2023 up 25.2% rising
148 Solomon Islands 67.03 2022 unchanged flat
149 Guinea-Bissau 65.44 2023 unchanged flat
150 Burundi 61.45 2023 up 50.4% rising
151 Yemen 61.23 2017 unchanged flat
152 Nicaragua 61.2 2023 down 8.2% falling
153 Nigeria 60.33 2023 up 33.8% rising
154 Sudan 60.28 2023 down 29.3% falling
155 Lebanon 60.15 2021 unchanged flat
156 Cameroon 55.87 2023 up 43.8% rising
157 Madagascar 55.78 2023 up 95.3% rising
158 Haiti 54.91 2022 up 29.3% rising
159 Papua New Guinea 53.27 2023 unchanged flat
160 Liberia 52 2022 down 11.6% falling
161 Sierra Leone 49.83 2023 down 40.1% falling
162 Chad 44.94 2023 up 115.5% rising
163 Togo 43.17 2020 up 45.9% rising
164 Democratic Republic of the Congo 42.38 2023 up 7.6% rising
165 Mozambique 39.97 2023 up 33.2% rising
166 Angola 31.46 2020 unchanged flat
167 Ethiopia 28.5 2023 up 11.4% rising
168 Equatorial Guinea 27.99 2023 unchanged flat
169 Niger 25.45 2023 up 33.1% rising
170 Central African Republic 23.31 2023 down 3.7% falling
171 Mauritania 20.94 2019 unchanged flat
172 Comoros 11.57 2019 unchanged flat

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Indicator
Proportion of schools with improved drinking water sources (Drinking Water)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
233 places, 4,634 data points, 2000–2023
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