World - 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

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