Share of schools with adaptations for disabled students by country

Proportion of schools with access to adapted infrastructure and materials for students with disabilities, by education level (%)

Countries reporting
40
Highest
100.0%
Nauru
Lowest
6.2%
Seychelles
Median
99.4%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
293

What the numbers show

Share of schools with adaptations for disabled students is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Nauru; the lowest is 6.2% in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 99.4%, and the mean is 81.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Share of schools with adaptations for disabled students: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nauru 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Niue 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Cook Islands 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Samoa 100.0% 2023 up 127.8% rising
1 British Virgin Islands 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Uruguay 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 San Marino 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Qatar 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Andorra 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Monaco 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Hong Kong 100.0% 2023 up 8.3% rising
1 United Arab Emirates 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Bahrain 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Switzerland 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Finland 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Gibraltar 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 100.0% 2011 unchanged flat
1 Cayman Islands 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Dominica 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
21 Mauritius 98.9% 2023 up 170.4% rising
22 Macao 97.7% 2023 up 29.3% rising
23 Peru 92.8% 2023 up 235.4% rising
24 Singapore 92.5% 2022 β€” flat
25 Slovakia 89.8% 2024 up 9.2% rising
26 Lithuania 88.8% 2022 β€” rising
27 India 81.0% 2024 up 61.2% rising
28 Ukraine 80.6% 2023 up 2.2% flat
29 Palestine 75.7% 2023 up 8.1% rising
30 Costa Rica 75.1% 2020 β€” rising
31 Rwanda 72.7% 2023 up 97.8% rising
32 Uzbekistan 61.3% 2024 up 104.3% rising
33 Tuvalu 50.0% 2023 β€” volatile
34 Malaysia 49.5% 2023 up 25.1% rising
35 Morocco 37.6% 2023 up 6.8% flat
36 Burkina Faso 33.8% 2023 up 81.2% volatile
37 Sierra Leone 26.4% 2023 up 605.6% rising
38 Bangladesh 18.9% 2023 up 55.2% rising
39 Syria 13.1% 2024 β€” rising
40 Seychelles 6.2% 2023 β€” rising

About this data

Indicator
Share of schools with adaptations for disabled students
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
40 places, 293 data points, 2000–2024
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Proportion of schools with access to adapted infrastructure and materials for students with disabilities, by education level (%)