Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity was 68.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 2011–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) recorded 68.3% for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in 2021. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 68.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 50.8%, in 2011.
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 139th of 200 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50.8% | — |
| 2012 | 51.9% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 53.7% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 55.6% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 57.4% | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 59.3% | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 61.6% | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 63.6% | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 65.9% | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 67.8% | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 68.3% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 57.7% | 50.8% | 65.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 68.0% | 67.8% | 68.3% | 2 |
More education data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.10 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 4.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 20.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 10.93 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.65 million (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 23.90 million (2021)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 13.32 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 12.68 million (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 68.3% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The highest recorded value was 68.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.8% in 2011.
- How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity?
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 139th out of 200 groups with data for 2021.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 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