Share of the population with access to electricity: Yemen
86.3% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 33 years from 1992 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 | 86.3 |
| 2023 | 83.6 |
| 2022 | 76 |
| 2021 | 74.9 |
| 2020 | 73.9 |
| 2019 | 72.8 |
| 2018 | 62 |
| 2017 | 79.2 |
| 2016 | 68.9 |
| 2015 | 67.4 |
| 2014 | 66.1 |
| 2013 | 75.6 |
| 2012 | 52.4 |
| 2011 | 62 |
| 2010 | 60.8 |
| 2009 | 59.6 |
| 2008 | 58.4 |
| 2007 | 57.2 |
| 2006 | 55.8 |
| 2005 | 54.8 |
| 2004 | 49.6 |
| 2003 | 52.6 |
| 2002 | 51.5 |
| 2001 | 50.4 |
| 2000 | 49.2 |
| 1999 | 47.992947 |
| 1998 | 46.79961 |
| 1997 | 42.6 |
| 1996 | 44.39917 |
| 1995 | 43.193512 |
| 1994 | 41.985134 |
| 1993 | 40.774715 |
| 1992 | 44.1 |