Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)
ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105): Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity was 38.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
38.5%
Change on year
up 2.3%
Rank
165th
of 200 groups
All-time high
38.5%
in 2023
All-time low
33.0%
in 2016
Years of data
8
2016–2023
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105), 2016–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) recorded 38.5% for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in 2023. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
That places ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 165th out of 200 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 33.0% | — |
| 2017 | 33.7% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 34.0% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 34.6% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 36.1% | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 35.6% | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 37.6% | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 38.5% | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 33.8% | 33.0% | 34.6% | 4 |
| 2020s | 37.0% | 35.6% | 38.5% | 4 |
More education data for ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.54 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.48 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 2.26 million (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.66 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 947,845 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 873,576 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.80 million (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) was 38.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- The highest recorded value was 38.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.0% in 2016.
- How does ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity?
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) ranks 165th out of 200 groups with data for 2023.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release