The question
34 provinces. Two surveys. One question.
A UNICEF household survey tells us what families have at home. A UNICEF census of 15,509 schools tells us what the schools have. Scroll to see what they show together.
At home · devices
of homes have a mobile phone.
Only 5 in 100 have a computer. The phone is the device most learners can reach — though it may be a basic one, shared by the whole family.
MICS 2022–23 · households, not individual students
At home · internet
of homes have internet.
In cities it is 43 in 100. In rural areas, 22. In Nooristan, Badghis and Urozgan, about 5.
MICS 2022–23 · households, not individual students
At school · power and books
of schools have no electricity.
And 91 in 100 lack a full set of textbooks. The school can't charge a phone or fill the book gap.
UNICEF school census 2022 · 14,610 of 15,509 records answered
Where both gaps meet
provinces where home internet and school power are both scarce.
Fewer than 15 in 100 homes online, and more than 80% of schools without electricity. In four of them, only about 4 in 10 homes have any phone at all.
Two sources and years · province averages, not individual schools
The outlier
Kabul
is the exception, not the rule.
44 in 100 homes are online and most schools have power. An app tested only in Kabul would miss almost everyone else.