Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Developing Regions
MDG: Developing Regions: Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity was 75.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Developing Regions, 2011–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Developing Regions stood at 75.4%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Developing Regions peaked at 75.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 59.9%, in 2012.
That places MDG: Developing Regions 131st 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 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 62.8% | 59.9% | 68.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 73.5% | 71.5% | 75.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Developing Regions
More education data for MDG: Developing Regions
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 266.40 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 286.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 171.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 28.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 365.72 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 190.49 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 178.28 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Developing Regions was 75.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The highest recorded value was 75.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.9% in 2012.
- How does MDG: Developing Regions rank for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity?
- MDG: Developing Regions ranks 131st out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Developing Regions 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