# Share of the population with access to electricity: Low-income countries

48.8006% 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](/sources/electricity-access) · [All countries and regions](/electricity-access).

## Every year

| Year | Value (% of population) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 48.8006 |
| 2023 | 46.88638 |
| 2022 | 44.958187 |
| 2021 | 44.8338 |
| 2020 | 43.236732 |
| 2019 | 41.84401 |
| 2018 | 40.458675 |
| 2017 | 39.139698 |
| 2016 | 37.44796 |
| 2015 | 32.194473 |
| 2014 | 32.199024 |
| 2013 | 30.894281 |
| 2012 | 29.76917 |
| 2011 | 26.685328 |
| 2010 | 26.222992 |
| 2009 | 24.621744 |
| 2008 | 23.06061 |
| 2007 | 23.574863 |
| 2006 | 22.04891 |
| 2005 | 19.516533 |
| 2004 | 19.799717 |
| 2003 | 19.012852 |
| 2002 | 17.291195 |
| 2001 | 16.60838 |
| 2000 | 15.871514 |

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