Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) by country
Percentage of schools by level of education (primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education) with access to the given facility or service. The value is calculated as the number of schools in a given level of education with access to the relevant facilities expressed as a percentage of all schools at that...
What the numbers show
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking water (%) is currently reported for 22 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belgium; the lowest is 69.8% in Rwanda.
The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 98.6%.
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 1 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Rwanda | 69.8% | 2019 | up 47.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 99.9%
- European Union 99.7%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 98.6%
- Post-demographic dividend 98.6%
- High income 97.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 96.8%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 95.8%
- South Asia 95.8%
- OECD members 93.7%
- Late-demographic dividend 92.6%
- IBRD only 90.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 88.6%
- World 87.2%
- Upper middle income 83.7%
- East Asia & Pacific 81.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 79.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 79.3%
About this data
Percentage of schools by level of education (primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education) with access to the given facility or service. The value is calculated as the number of schools in a given level of education with access to the relevant facilities expressed as a percentage of all schools at that level of education. Basic drinking water is defined as a functional improved drinking water source on or near the premises and water points accessible to all users during school hours. An improved drinking water source is a water delivery point that by the nature of its design protects the water from external contamination, particularly of fecal origin. Examples of improved drinking water facilities include piped water, protected wells, tubewells and boreholes, protected springs and rainwater, purchased bottled water and tanker-trucks. Unimproved water sources include unprotected wells and springs and surface water (e.g. rivers, lakes). For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/