World - Access to electricity

Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in World was 82.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 84.25 in 2019, while its lowest value was 66.23 in 2000.

Definition: Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural 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
2000 66.23
2001 66.27
2002 68.68
2003 67.42
2004 66.99
2005 67.89
2006 68.77
2007 68.54
2008 70.06
2009 71.75
2010 71.91
2011 69.06
2012 74.05
2013 74.58
2014 74.70
2015 75.76
2016 78.06
2017 81.39
2018 83.20
2019 84.25
2020 82.66

Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in World was 97.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 97.65 in 2019, while its lowest value was 94.34 in 1993.

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
1993 94.34
1994 94.81
1995 94.78
1996 94.62
1997 94.69
1998 94.53
1999 95.00
2000 94.96
2001 94.67
2002 94.99
2003 95.16
2004 95.13
2005 95.30
2006 95.52
2007 95.68
2008 95.71
2009 95.83
2010 95.74
2011 95.96
2012 96.31
2013 96.32
2014 96.37
2015 96.28
2016 96.78
2017 97.29
2018 97.42
2019 97.65
2020 97.27

Access to electricity (% of population)

Access to electricity (% of population) in World was 90.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 90.52 in 2020, while its lowest value was 73.41 in 1998.

Definition: Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.

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
1998 73.41
1999 74.71
2000 78.22
2001 77.87
2002 79.34
2003 79.93
2004 80.15
2005 80.65
2006 81.36
2007 81.85
2008 82.48
2009 82.85
2010 83.22
2011 82.17
2012 84.74
2013 85.24
2014 85.65
2015 86.62
2016 87.70
2017 88.59
2018 89.57
2019 90.01
2020 90.52

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use