Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking in UNICEF: Africa
UNICEF: Africa: Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking was 67.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking in UNICEF: Africa, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking in UNICEF: Africa stood at 67.1%. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking in UNICEF: Africa peaked at 67.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 59.6%, in 2015.
That places UNICEF: Africa 128th out of 176 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking in UNICEF: Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 59.6% | — |
| 2016 | 60.3% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 62.1% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 62.8% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 63.0% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 62.4% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 64.1% | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 65.8% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 67.1% | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 61.2% | 59.6% | 62.8% | 4 |
| 2020s | 64.5% | 62.4% | 67.1% | 5 |
More education data for UNICEF: Africa
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 50.51 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 29.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 114.70 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 46.96 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 45.99 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking in UNICEF: Africa?
- Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking in UNICEF: Africa was 67.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking recorded in UNICEF: Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 67.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking recorded in UNICEF: Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.6% in 2015.
- How does UNICEF: Africa rank for proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking?
- UNICEF: Africa ranks 128th out of 176 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking rising or falling in UNICEF: Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Africa 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 9 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release