Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity (%) (primary) in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity (%) (primary) was 35.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
35.1%
Change on year
up 1.8%
Rank
182nd
of 200 groups
All-time high
35.1%
in 2023
All-time low
28.8%
in 2016
Years of data
8
2016–2023
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 2016–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) recorded 35.1% for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in 2023. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 22.0% over ten years.
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 182nd of 200 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity (%) (primary) in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 28.8% | — |
| 2017 | 29.2% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 29.9% | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 30.6% | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 31.7% | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 32.7% | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 34.5% | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 35.1% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 29.6% | 28.8% | 30.6% | 4 |
| 2020s | 33.5% | 31.7% | 35.1% | 4 |
More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 27.45 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3305 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 24.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7207 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2.27 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 35.1% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 35.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.8% in 2016.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 182nd out of 200 groups with data for 2023.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 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