Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Southern Asia
MDG: Southern Asia: Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity was 86.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Southern Asia, 2011–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Southern Asia stood at 86.6%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Southern Asia peaked at 86.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 61.3%, in 2012.
That places MDG: Southern Asia 116th out of 200 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61.5% | — |
| 2012 | 61.3% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 61.6% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 61.9% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 62.2% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 62.6% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 64.6% | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 66.8% | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 75.3% | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 82.3% | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 82.4% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 85.6% | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 86.6% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 86.6% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 64.2% | 61.3% | 75.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 84.7% | 82.3% | 86.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Southern Asia
- 113 Burkina Faso 44.5% compare
- 114 Niger 43.0% compare
- 115 Madagascar 40.5% compare
- 116 Liberia 37.6% compare
- 117 Cameroon 36.3% compare
- 118 Sierra Leone 35.6% compare
- 119 Chad 7.8% compare
More education data for MDG: Southern Asia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 55.16 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.70 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 88.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.205 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 94.56 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 54.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 7.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 28.18 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Southern Asia?
- Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Southern Asia was 86.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity recorded in MDG: Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 86.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity recorded in MDG: Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.3% in 2012.
- How does MDG: Southern Asia rank for proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity?
- MDG: Southern Asia ranks 116th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in MDG: Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Southern Asia 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