Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity was 25.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 2012–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) recorded 25.6% for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in 2023. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 47.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 25.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 17.4%, in 2013.
That places ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 196th out of 200 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 17.5% | — |
| 2013 | 17.4% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 18.2% | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 19.1% | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 20.5% | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 19.9% | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 20.9% | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 21.7% | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 22.8% | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 23.9% | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 25.5% | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 25.6% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 19.4% | 17.4% | 21.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 24.5% | 22.8% | 25.6% | 4 |
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 116,760 (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)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 112,564 (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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 252,251 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 25.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 25.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.4% in 2013.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 196th out of 200 groups with data for 2023.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 primary schools with access to electricity (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release