Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025): Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity was 75.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), 2011–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) recorded 75.2% for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 75.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 59.7%, in 2012.
That places WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 133rd 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.
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 59.9% | — |
| 2012 | 59.7% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 60.4% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 61.2% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 62.1% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 63.0% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 63.6% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 64.4% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 68.2% | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 71.6% | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 71.5% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 73.9% | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 75.1% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 75.2% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 62.5% | 59.7% | 68.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 73.5% | 71.5% | 75.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 701.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 363.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 337.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 103.52 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.57 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 24.25 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) was 75.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 75.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.7% in 2012.
- How does WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) rank for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity?
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 133rd out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 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