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Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, 2018

Figures for 2018, 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, 2018 covers 84 countries. 39 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 98.8. Against 2017, 34 values changed (25 up, 9 down), 17 countries joined, 7 left.

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Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching · Data for 2018

Highest39 countries share it

100.0

Lowest3 countries share it

0.0

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 84 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, 2018: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
AndorraANDSouthern Europe100.0
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia100.0
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand100.0
AustriaAUTWestern Europe100.0
BahrainBHRWestern Asia100.0
BelgiumBELWestern Europe100.0
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean100.0
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean100.0
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia100.0
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe100.0
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe100.0
FinlandFINNorthern Europe100.0
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia100.0
IcelandISLNorthern Europe100.0
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe100.0
MacauMACEastern Asia100.0
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia100.0
MonacoMCOWestern Europe100.0
MontserratMSRCaribbean100.0
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe100.0
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand100.0
OmanOMNWestern Asia100.0
PolandPOLEastern Europe100.0
QatarQATWestern Asia100.0
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean100.0

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Andorrashared100.0
  2. United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
  3. Armeniashared100.0
  4. Australiashared100.0
  5. Austriashared100.0

Lowest

  1. Solomon Islandsshared0.0
  2. Nigershared0.0
  3. Burundishared0.0
  4. Burkina Faso0.1
  5. Myanmar0.2

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 98.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

  • +17 / −7countries joined / left
  • 34values changed, of 67 in both
  • 25 · 9rose · fell
  • 33unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Albania+ United Arab Emirates+ Armenia+ Antigua and Barbuda+ Burkina Faso+ Bhutan+ Switzerland+ Cuba+ Cayman Islands+ Ghana+ Lebanon+ Madagascar+ Niger+ Solomon Islands+ El Salvador+ San Marino+ Turks and Caicos Islands− Colombia− Comoros− Gibraltar− Jamaica− Kyrgyzstan− Samoa− Zambia

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 44 distinct values among 84

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 39 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 84 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2018). Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/school-internet-primary/2018

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