Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Arab World
WB: Arab World: Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity was 88.9% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Arab World, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Arab World stood at 88.9%.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Arab World peaked at 88.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 87.7%, in 2015.
That places WB: Arab World 90th out of 200 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Arab World, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 87.7% | — |
| 2016 | 88.0% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 87.9% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 88.5% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 88.2% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 88.3% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 88.4% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 88.9% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 88.9% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 88.0% | 87.7% | 88.5% | 4 |
| 2020s | 88.5% | 88.2% | 88.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Arab World
More education data for WB: Arab World
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 14.56 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 21.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.6536 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.95 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Arab World?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Arab World was 88.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in WB: Arab World?
- The highest recorded value was 88.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in WB: Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.7% in 2015.
- How does WB: Arab World rank for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity?
- WB: Arab World ranks 90th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in WB: Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this WB: Arab World 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