Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity was 56.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in SDG: Least Developed Countries, 2014–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Least Developed Countries recorded 56.4% for proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in SDG: Least Developed Countries peaked at 56.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50.9%, in 2014.
That places SDG: Least Developed Countries 159th out of 200 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in SDG: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 50.9% | — |
| 2015 | 52.3% | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 53.6% | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 54.4% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 55.1% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 55.3% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 56.0% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 54.9% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 55.4% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 56.0% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 56.4% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 53.6% | 50.9% | 55.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 55.7% | 54.9% | 56.4% | 5 |
More education data for SDG: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 87.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.9918 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 75.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7503 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7518 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 36.37 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity in SDG: Least Developed Countries was 56.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 56.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.9% in 2014.
- How does SDG: Least Developed Countries rank for proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity?
- SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 159th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Least Developed Countries 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