Share of primary schools with access to the Internet for pedagogical purposes

This statistic measures the percentage of primary schools that have access to the Internet specifically for pedagogical purposes (i.e., to support teaching and learning), as reported by national education authorities to UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics (UIS). It provides a practical view of “digital readiness” in education that is not captured by household internet or mobile subscriptions.

Because it is a school-based infrastructure indicator, it can reveal bottlenecks even in countries where many households are online (e.g., where connectivity is common at home but not reliably available in classrooms), and it is directly relevant to education quality, teacher support, and resilience during disruptions (such as remote or blended learning needs). Cross-country comparability can be affected by differing definitions of what qualifies as usable internet access and by missing data for some years; the latest available observation is used per country within a recent window.