Data for 2016

Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, 2016

Name: Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, 2016
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/terms-and-conditions

Figures for 2016, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the share of primary schools with internet access that can be used for teaching — SDG indicator 4.a.1. It describes the classroom a child learns in rather than the child.

Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, 2016 covers 82 countries. 38 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 98.7.

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Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching · Data for 2016

Highest38 countries share it

100.0

Lowest4 countries share it

0.0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

82countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
42distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, 2016: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	100.0
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	100.0
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	100.0
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	100.0
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	100.0
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	100.0
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	100.0
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	100.0
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	100.0
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	100.0
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	100.0
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	100.0
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	100.0
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.0
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	100.0
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	100.0
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	100.0
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	100.0
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	100.0
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	100.0
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	100.0
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	100.0
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	100.0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	100.0
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	100.0
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.0
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	100.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	100.0
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	100.0
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	100.0
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	100.0
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.0
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	100.0
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	100.0
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	100.0
Uruguay`URY`South America	100.0
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.6
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	99.2
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	98.8
Chile`CHL`South America	98.6
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	98.3
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	96.6
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	96.4
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	89.3
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	87.8
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	85.6
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	85.0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	84.4
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	80.9
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	70.7
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	70.0
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	63.0
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	57.5
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	49.2
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	47.6
Colombia`COL`South America	44.1
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	41.3
Peru`PER`South America	39.2
Mexico`MEX`Central America	38.9
Argentina`ARG`South America	38.3
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	38.1
Ecuador`ECU`South America	37.2
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	31.7
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	27.4
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	25.5
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	23.2
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.7
Honduras`HND`Central America	16.1
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	15.6
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14.4
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13.8
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	9.8
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9.1
Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.4
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4.5
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2.7
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.0
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.0
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.0
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.0

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Andorrashared100.0
Australiashared100.0
Austriashared100.0
Belgiumshared100.0
Bahrainshared100.0

Lowest

Nigershared0.0
Guineashared0.0
Burkina Fasoshared0.0
Burundishared0.0
Angola2.7

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 98.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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How values are stored

42 distinct values among 82
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 38 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 82 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2016). Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/school-internet-primary/2016

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