Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa
MDG: Sub-saharan Africa: Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity was 36.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa stood at 36.9%. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 36.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 33.1%, in 2015.
That places MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 170th out of 200 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 33.1% | — |
| 2016 | 34.0% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 33.9% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 33.8% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 33.8% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 34.8% | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 34.7% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 36.1% | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 36.6% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 36.9% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 33.7% | 33.1% | 34.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 35.8% | 34.7% | 36.9% | 5 |
More education data for MDG: Sub-saharan Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 39.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.38 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.60 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa was 36.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 36.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.1% in 2015.
- How does MDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity?
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 170th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 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