Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity was 49.1% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) stood at 49.1%. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 49.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 46.8%, in 2019.
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 173rd of 200 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 48.3% | — |
| 2016 | 48.0% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 47.6% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 47.1% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 46.8% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 47.8% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 47.0% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 47.9% | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 48.7% | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 49.1% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 47.6% | 46.8% | 48.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 48.1% | 47.0% | 49.1% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 38.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.34 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.35 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.7473 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 49.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 49.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.8% in 2019.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 173rd out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 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