Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity was 29.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) stood at 29.5%. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.6% on the previous year and down 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 42.6% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 29.5%, in 2024.
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 196th of 200 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 42.6% | — |
| 2013 | 42.1% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 42.5% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 42.5% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 42.1% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 39.2% | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 37.6% | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 35.3% | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 32.4% | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 29.8% | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 31.6% | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 33.4% | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 29.5% | -11.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 40.5% | 35.3% | 42.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 31.3% | 29.5% | 33.4% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 112,564 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 859,574 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 604,930 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 352,678 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 29.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 42.6% in 2012.
- What is the lowest proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.5% in 2024.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 196th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release