Share of primary schools with access to the Internet for teaching in Namibia
Namibia: Share of primary schools with access to the Internet for teaching was 62.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary schools with access to the Internet for teaching in Namibia, 2020–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of primary schools with access to the internet for teaching in Namibia is 62.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 14.0% over five years.
Namibia ranks 84th of 107 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Share of primary schools with access to the Internet for teaching in Namibia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 54.6% | — |
| 2021 | 58.9% | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 61.9% | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 61.8% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 62.3% | +0.7% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 62.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 70.9%, 88% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 62.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35.2%, 1.8× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Namibia
More education data for Namibia
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10,653 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 90,003 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 26,964 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 27,746 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 236,050 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 590,029 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 4.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1947 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary schools with access to the internet for teaching in Namibia?
- Share of primary schools with access to the internet for teaching in Namibia was 62.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary schools with access to the internet for teaching recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 62.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary schools with access to the internet for teaching recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.6% in 2020.
- How does Namibia rank for share of primary schools with access to the internet for teaching?
- Namibia ranks 84th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary schools with access to the Internet for teaching. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of schools with access to the internet for pedagogical purposes, by education level (%).