Share of the population with access to electricity: Lower-middle-income countries
91.358185% 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 | 91.358185 |
| 2023 | 90.59272 |
| 2022 | 89.9476 |
| 2021 | 89.82583 |
| 2020 | 87.53404 |
| 2019 | 86.76645 |
| 2018 | 86.0359 |
| 2017 | 83.67176 |
| 2016 | 81.655945 |
| 2015 | 79.58983 |
| 2014 | 77.03989 |
| 2013 | 75.90686 |
| 2012 | 73.85307 |
| 2011 | 73.20365 |
| 2010 | 70.19694 |
| 2009 | 69.09783 |
| 2008 | 68.44625 |
| 2007 | 66.521996 |
| 2006 | 64.35469 |
| 2005 | 63.611572 |
| 2004 | 60.58003 |
| 2003 | 61.206245 |
| 2002 | 58.65123 |
| 2001 | 57.806187 |
| 2000 | 56.518707 |
| 1999 | 56.6136 |
| 1998 | 53.951828 |
| 1997 | 51.108185 |
| 1996 | 49.67357 |
| 1995 | 47.952183 |
| 1994 | 46.71782 |
| 1993 | 46.883114 |