Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification: Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity was 43.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification is 43.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification peaked at 43.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 32.3%, in 2012.
That places WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 159th out of 200 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 32.3% | — |
| 2013 | 33.7% | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 35.1% | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 36.5% | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 38.1% | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 39.1% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 39.6% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 40.2% | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 41.5% | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 41.8% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 42.3% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 42.8% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 43.1% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 36.8% | 32.3% | 40.2% | 8 |
| 2020s | 42.3% | 41.5% | 43.1% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 22.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.3263 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.8795 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.1094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7494 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification was 43.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- The highest recorded value was 43.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.3% in 2012.
- How does WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification rank for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity?
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification ranks 159th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 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