Share of the population with access to electricity: World
91.92648% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 27 years from 1998 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 | 91.92648 |
| 2023 | 91.60348 |
| 2022 | 91.28178 |
| 2021 | 91.33852 |
| 2020 | 90.39954 |
| 2019 | 90.10896 |
| 2018 | 89.80118 |
| 2017 | 88.935715 |
| 2016 | 88.10809 |
| 2015 | 86.92737 |
| 2014 | 86.19854 |
| 2013 | 85.71369 |
| 2012 | 84.939156 |
| 2011 | 84.50887 |
| 2010 | 83.45016 |
| 2009 | 82.86883 |
| 2008 | 82.67142 |
| 2007 | 81.97457 |
| 2006 | 81.35673 |
| 2005 | 80.704575 |
| 2004 | 79.9557 |
| 2003 | 79.96847 |
| 2002 | 79.10436 |
| 2001 | 78.71881 |
| 2000 | 78.22497 |
| 1999 | 74.50786 |
| 1998 | 73.200584 |