Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking was 71.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking in SDG: Least Developed Countries, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking in SDG: Least Developed Countries is 71.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking in SDG: Least Developed Countries peaked at 71.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 63.5%, in 2015.
That places SDG: Least Developed Countries 122nd out of 176 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 65.3% | 63.5% | 67.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 69.1% | 67.3% | 71.8% | 5 |
More education data for SDG: Least Developed Countries
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.3% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 36.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 22.98 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 4.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 87.82 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 37.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 36.80 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking in SDG: Least Developed Countries was 71.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 71.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.5% in 2015.
- How does SDG: Least Developed Countries rank for proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking?
- SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 122nd out of 176 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking rising or falling in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Least Developed Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking water (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release