Botswana - Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in Botswana was 90.74 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 90.74 in 2020, while its lowest value was 17.50 in 1991.

Definition: Access to electricity, urban is the percentage of urban population with access to electricity.

Source: World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.

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Year Value
1991 17.50
1992 18.35
1993 20.99
1994 23.62
1995 26.23
1996 28.84
1997 31.43
1998 34.00
1999 36.55
2000 39.10
2001 37.00
2002 44.14
2003 46.67
2004 49.20
2005 51.76
2006 54.34
2007 56.95
2008 60.10
2009 60.76
2010 68.12
2011 69.13
2012 72.68
2013 74.79
2014 76.74
2015 79.58
2016 80.95
2017 84.00
2018 85.60
2019 88.17
2020 90.74

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data for access to electricity are collected among different sources: mostly data from nationally representative household surveys (including national censuses) were used. Survey sources include Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Living Standards Measurement Surveys (LSMS), Multi-Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), the World Health Survey (WHS), other nationally developed and implemented surveys, and various government agencies (for example, ministries of energy and utilities). Given the low frequency and the regional distribution of some surveys, a number of countries have gaps in available data. To develop the historical evolution and starting point of electrification rates, a simple modeling approach was adopted to fill in the missing data points - around 1990, around 2000, and around 2010. Therefore, a country can have a continuum of zero to three data points. There are 42 countries with zero data point and the weighted regional average was used as an estimate for electrification in each of the data periods. 170 countries have between one and three data points and missing data are estimated by using a model with region, country, and time variables. The model keeps the original observation if data is available for any of the time periods. This modeling approach allowed the estimation of electrification rates for 212 countries over these three time periods (Indicated as "Estimate"). Notation "Assumption" refers to the assumption of universal access in countries classified as developed by the United Nations. Data begins from the year in which the first survey data is available for each country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use