Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity was 57.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 stood at 57.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 57.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 50.5%, in 2012.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 144th out of 200 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 50.5% | — |
| 2013 | 51.2% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 52.1% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 52.9% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 54.0% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 54.7% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 55.3% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 55.6% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 56.3% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 56.1% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 56.6% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 57.4% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 57.3% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 53.3% | 50.5% | 55.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 56.7% | 56.1% | 57.4% | 5 |
More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 57.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 57.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.5% in 2012.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 144th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 13 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release