Bangladesh vs ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity
Bangladesh
96.4%
in 2024
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
88.5%
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
97th
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank
96th
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity over time
- Bangladesh
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 96.4% against 88.5% in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), a difference of 7.9%.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)'s.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2012 it was ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 97th and ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 96th of 133 countries.
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 55.4% | 85.9% | 30.6% | ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) |
| 2020s | 85.5% | 87.3% | 1.9% | ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of primary schools with access to electricity, Bangladesh or ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Bangladesh, at 96.4% against 88.5% in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in proportion of primary schools with access to electricity between Bangladesh and ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- 7.9%, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank globally for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity?
- Bangladesh ranks 97th and ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 96th of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release