Share of the population with access to electricity: Kenya
77% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 32 years from 1993 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 | 77 |
| 2023 | 76.2 |
| 2022 | 76 |
| 2021 | 76.5 |
| 2020 | 71.5 |
| 2019 | 69.7 |
| 2018 | 61.2 |
| 2017 | 55.8 |
| 2016 | 53.1 |
| 2015 | 41.6 |
| 2014 | 36 |
| 2013 | 40.1 |
| 2012 | 38.1 |
| 2011 | 36.2 |
| 2010 | 19.2 |
| 2009 | 23 |
| 2008 | 30.3 |
| 2007 | 28.3 |
| 2006 | 26.4 |
| 2005 | 24.5 |
| 2004 | 22.6 |
| 2003 | 16 |
| 2002 | 18.9 |
| 2001 | 17 |
| 2000 | 15.2 |
| 1999 | 13.208892 |
| 1998 | 14.5 |
| 1997 | 9.326318 |
| 1996 | 7.3785305 |
| 1995 | 5.4273434 |
| 1994 | 3.4734368 |
| 1993 | 10.9 |