Benin vs ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438): Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity

Benin
33.7%
in 2022
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
75.9%
in 2024
Benin rank
126th
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank
129th

Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity over time

  • Benin
  • ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
20406080201120172024

How they compare

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) currently reports 75.9% against 33.7% in Benin, a difference of 42.2%.

That makes ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)'s figure about 2.3 times Benin's.

Across all 7 years both countries report, ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) has been ahead every year.

Benin ranks 126th and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 129th of 133 countries.

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) Difference Ahead
2010s 28.8% 57.1% 28.3% ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
2020s 33.5% 71.2% 37.7% ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher proportion of primary schools with access to electricity, Benin or ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), at 75.9% against 33.7% in Benin as of 2024.
What is the difference in proportion of primary schools with access to electricity between Benin and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
42.2%, with ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
7 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2022.
How do Benin and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank globally for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity?
Benin ranks 126th and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 129th 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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Indicator
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
333 places, 3,898 data points, 1999–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release