Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in GPE: Region 3
GPE: Region 3: Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity was 73.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in GPE: Region 3, 2011–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in GPE: Region 3 stood at 73.3%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in GPE: Region 3 peaked at 73.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 62.6%, in 2011.
GPE: Region 3 ranks 136th of 200 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in GPE: Region 3, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 62.6% | — |
| 2012 | 62.6% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 63.6% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 64.6% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 65.7% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 66.8% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 68.4% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 69.9% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 70.8% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 71.9% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 72.2% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 72.6% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 73.2% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 73.3% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 66.1% | 62.6% | 70.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 72.6% | 71.9% | 73.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Region 3
More education data for GPE: Region 3
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 33.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 55.77 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 59.03 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 35.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 5.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.56 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.55 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in GPE: Region 3?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in GPE: Region 3 was 73.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in GPE: Region 3?
- The highest recorded value was 73.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in GPE: Region 3?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.6% in 2011.
- How does GPE: Region 3 rank for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity?
- GPE: Region 3 ranks 136th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in GPE: Region 3?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Region 3 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