Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in SDG: Eastern Asia
SDG: Eastern Asia: Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity was 97.8% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in SDG: Eastern Asia, 2016–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Eastern Asia recorded 97.8% for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in SDG: Eastern Asia peaked at 97.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 97.4%, in 2016.
SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 45th of 200 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in SDG: Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 97.4% | — |
| 2017 | 97.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 97.4% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 97.6% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 97.8% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 97.8% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 97.7% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 97.8% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 97.8% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 97.4% | 97.4% | 97.6% | 4 |
| 2020s | 97.8% | 97.7% | 97.8% | 5 |
More education data for SDG: Eastern Asia
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 58.39 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 5.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 68.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -10.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.1647 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.46 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in SDG: Eastern Asia was 97.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 97.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.4% in 2016.
- How does SDG: Eastern Asia rank for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity?
- SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 45th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this SDG: Eastern Asia 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