Share of the population with access to electricity: Afghanistan
87.8% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 25 years from 2000 to 2024 are below.
Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (% of population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 87.8 |
| 2023 | 85.3 |
| 2022 | 85.3 |
| 2021 | 97.7 |
| 2020 | 97.7 |
| 2019 | 97.7 |
| 2018 | 93.4 |
| 2017 | 97.7 |
| 2016 | 97.7 |
| 2015 | 71.5 |
| 2014 | 89.5 |
| 2013 | 68 |
| 2012 | 69.1 |
| 2011 | 43.2 |
| 2010 | 42.7 |
| 2009 | 48.3 |
| 2008 | 42.4 |
| 2007 | 38.4 |
| 2006 | 33.5 |
| 2005 | 28.7 |
| 2004 | 23.8 |
| 2003 | 19 |
| 2002 | 14.1 |
| 2001 | 9.3 |
| 2000 | 4.4 |