Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity (%) by country
Percentage of schools by level of education (primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education) with access to the given facility or service. The value is calculated as the number of schools in a given level of education with access to the relevant facilities expressed as a percentage of all schools at that...
What the numbers show
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity (%) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in South Korea; the lowest is 6.7% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 90.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 160.3%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 7.1%).
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jamaica | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 1 | Maldives | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2018 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Costa Rica | 99.1% | 2019 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 29 | Saint Lucia | 98.8% | 2019 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 30 | Malaysia | 92.9% | 2019 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 31 | India | 65.2% | 2019 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 32 | Rwanda | 60.8% | 2019 | up 160.3% | rising |
| 33 | Cameroon | 31.1% | 2019 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 20.7% | 2019 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 35 | Niger | 6.7% | 2019 | up 52.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 99.7%
- European Union 99.7%
- Europe & Central Asia 99.7%
- Post-demographic dividend 98.7%
- High income 98.0%
- Late-demographic dividend 97.3%
- Caribbean Small States 96.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 94.3%
- Upper middle income 93.5%
- East Asia & Pacific 90.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 90.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 90.0%
About this data
Percentage of schools by level of education (primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education) with access to the given facility or service. The value is calculated as the number of schools in a given level of education with access to the relevant facilities expressed as a percentage of all schools at that level of education. Electricity is defined as regularly and readily available sources of power (e.g. grid/mains connection, wind, water, solar and fuel-powered generator, etc.) that enable the adequate and sustainable use of ICT infrastructure for educational purposes. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/