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Proportion of schools with no drinking water service (Drinking Water) by country

Countries reporting
108
Highest
88.43
Comoros
Lowest
0
Palestine, State of
Median
15.07
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,715

What the numbers show

Proportion of schools with no drinking water service (Drinking Water) is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 88.43 in Comoros; the lowest is 0 in Palestine, State of.

The median across all reporting countries is 15.07, and the mean is 22.42.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 1,839.3%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 100.0%).

Proportion of schools with no drinking water service: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Comoros 88.43 2019 unchanged flat
2 Mauritania 79.06 2019 unchanged flat
3 Central African Republic 76.69 2023 up 1.2% flat
4 Niger 74.55 2023 down 7.8% falling
5 Equatorial Guinea 72.01 2023 unchanged flat
6 Ethiopia 71.5 2023 down 3.9% falling
7 Angola 68.54 2020 unchanged flat
8 Mozambique 60.03 2023 down 14.2% falling
9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 57.62 2023 down 4.9% falling
10 Togo 56.83 2020 down 19.3% falling
11 Congo 55.72 2019 unchanged flat
12 Chad 55.06 2023 down 30.4% falling
13 Sierra Leone 50.17 2023 up 198.4% rising
14 Liberia 48 2022 up 16.6% rising
15 Papua New Guinea 46.73 2023 unchanged flat
16 Haiti 45.09 2022 down 21.6% falling
17 Madagascar 44.22 2023 down 38.1% falling
18 Cameroon 44.13 2023 down 27.8% falling
19 Guinea 41.89 2023 down 31.0% falling
20 Lebanon 39.85 2021 unchanged flat
21 Sudan 39.72 2023 up 168.7% volatile
22 Nigeria 39.67 2023 down 27.7% falling
23 Nicaragua 38.8 2023 up 16.5% rising
24 Yemen 38.77 2017 unchanged flat
25 Burundi 38.55 2023 down 34.8% falling
26 Guinea-Bissau 34.56 2023 unchanged flat
27 Solomon Islands 32.97 2022 unchanged flat
28 South Sudan 32.95 2023 down 29.1% falling
29 Uruguay 32.51 2023 up 749.8% volatile
30 Eritrea 30.36 2021 down 27.4% falling
31 Guatemala 30.03 2023 up 43.5% rising
32 Côte d'Ivoire 29.23 2023 down 46.1% falling
33 Burkina Faso 27.8 2023 down 42.7% falling
34 Timor-Leste 26.83 2020 down 36.1% falling
35 Pakistan 26.11 2023 down 22.1% falling
36 Kenya 24.58 2018 unchanged flat
37 Kiribati 24.2 2023 down 32.1% falling
38 Tanzania, United Republic of 23.25 2023 down 46.7% falling
39 Lao People's Democratic Republic 23.08 2023 down 43.5% falling
40 Gabon 23 2023 unchanged flat
41 Colombia 22.91 2023 down 6.6% falling
42 Fiji 22.38 2023 up 1,839.3% volatile
43 Gambia 22.17 2023 down 19.9% falling
44 Honduras 21.93 2023 down 8.2% falling
45 Afghanistan 21.75 2023 down 27.5% falling
46 Nepal 20.98 2023 up 2.7% flat
47 Benin 20.9 2021 down 65.5% falling
48 Philippines 19.45 2023 down 60.9% falling
49 Ghana 17.81 2023 down 47.5% falling
50 Guyana 17 2014 unchanged flat
51 Panama 16.41 2023 down 28.1% falling
52 Libya 16 2021 unchanged flat
53 Zambia 15.89 2023 unchanged flat
54 Iraq 15.43 2023 unchanged flat
55 Sao Tome and Principe 14.72 2023 down 21.4% falling
56 Uzbekistan 14.71 2023 unchanged flat
57 Micronesia (Federated States of) 14.29 2023 — flat
58 Tajikistan 13.75 2021 unchanged flat
59 Eswatini 13.6 2023 down 44.0% falling
60 Indonesia 13.41 2023 down 13.9% falling
61 Morocco 12.92 2019 unchanged flat
62 Peru 12.05 2023 down 43.9% falling
63 Uganda 11.79 2023 up 7.0% rising
64 Mexico 11.48 2023 up 3.5% rising
65 Cambodia 11.44 2023 up 128.6% rising
66 Dominican Republic 11.25 2023 down 48.8% falling
67 Brazil 11.16 2023 down 45.0% falling
68 Zimbabwe 10.43 2023 down 18.9% falling
69 Georgia 10 2017 unchanged flat
70 Namibia 9.91 2017 down 25.2% falling
71 Argentina 9.72 2023 down 33.6% falling
72 Bangladesh 8.7 2023 down 54.0% falling
73 Montenegro 8.7 2023 unchanged flat
74 Costa Rica 8.52 2023 down 10.4% falling
75 Bhutan 8.45 2023 down 22.2% falling
76 El Salvador 8.36 2023 down 32.0% falling
77 Algeria 7.76 2021 up 151.2% volatile
78 Senegal 6.87 2023 down 83.0% falling
79 Sri Lanka 6.78 2023 down 65.9% falling
80 Ecuador 6.73 2023 down 65.7% falling
81 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 6.56 2019 down 51.2% falling
82 Malawi 6.42 2023 down 57.9% falling
83 Mali 6.32 2023 down 86.3% volatile
84 Tunisia 6.28 2023 down 46.8% falling
85 Djibouti 6.09 2023 down 57.6% falling
86 Vanuatu 5.49 2020 unchanged flat
87 Somalia 5.48 2023 down 91.7% volatile
88 India 5.09 2023 down 65.1% falling
89 Ukraine 4.88 2023 unchanged flat
90 Belize 4.6 2013 unchanged flat
91 Croatia 3.64 2023 unchanged flat
92 Chile 3.63 2019 down 44.5% falling
93 South Africa 3.06 2021 down 58.9% falling
94 Armenia 2.86 2023 unchanged flat
95 Russia 2.84 2023 down 21.4% falling
96 Syrian Arab Republic 2.2 2022 unchanged flat
97 Mongolia 1.75 2021 unchanged flat
98 Serbia 1.55 2023 unchanged flat
99 Maldives 0.6667 2023 unchanged flat
100 Cuba 0.3132 2023 down 90.1% volatile
101 Republic of Moldova 0.2435 2023 down 97.2% volatile
102 Cape Verde 0.1904 2023 down 96.1% volatile
103 Botswana 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
103 China (People’s Republic of) 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
103 Jordan 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
103 Oman 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
103 Paraguay 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
103 Palestine, State of 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Proportion of schools with no drinking water service (Drinking Water)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
237 places, 4,715 data points, 2000–2023
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