Access to electricity — all countries

Access to electricity — G20

Access to electricity in the G20 in 2024 — 99.8%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 1.8 pp.

2024 99.8% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 99.8%2024
Period minimum 75.4%1993

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of population

Access to electricity — G20, 1990–202470809010019901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 98%1991: 91%1992: 93.4%1993: 75.4%1994: 75.6%1995: 76.5%1996: 77.2%1997: 78.7%1998: 79.2%1999: 81.1%2000: 86.6%2001: 87.1%2002: 87.4%2003: 88.3%2004: 88.1%2005: 89.2%2006: 89.3%2007: 90.7%2008: 91.4%2009: 91.7%2010: 92.4%2011: 93.4%2012: 93.6%2013: 94.6%2014: 95.2%2015: 95.9%2016: 96.5%2017: 97.2%2018: 98.4%2019: 98.5%2020: 98.6%2021: 99.7%2022: 99.6%2023: 99.6%2024: 99.8%
Change over the period: +1.8 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 99.8%
World 91.9%
Access to electricity — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.8 +0.2 pp
2023 99.6 +0.1 pp
2022 99.6 −0.1 pp
2021 99.7 +1.1 pp
2020 98.6 +0.1 pp
2019 98.5 +0.1 pp
2018 98.4 +1.2 pp
2017 97.2 +0.7 pp
2016 96.5 +0.6 pp
2015 95.9 +0.7 pp
2014 95.2 +0.6 pp
2013 94.6 +1 pp
2012 93.6 +0.2 pp
2011 93.4 +1 pp
2010 92.4 +0.6 pp
2009 91.7 +0.4 pp
2008 91.4 +0.7 pp
2007 90.7 +1.3 pp
2006 89.3 +0.1 pp
2005 89.2 +1 pp
2004 88.1 −0.1 pp
2003 88.3 +0.9 pp
2002 87.4 +0.3 pp
2001 87.1 +0.5 pp
2000 86.6 +5.5 pp
1999 81.1 +1.9 pp
1998 79.2 +0.6 pp
1997 78.7 +1.5 pp
1996 77.2 +0.7 pp
1995 76.5 +0.9 pp
1994 75.6 +0.2 pp
1993 75.4 −18 pp
1992 93.4 +2.4 pp
1991 91 −7 pp
1990 98

About the indicator

The share of the population with access to electricity — both through centralized grids and through off-grid and mini-grid solutions. The target of UN Sustainable Development Goal 7.1 is universal access by 2030. Having a connection does not mean that supply is reliable: in a number of countries with formal coverage of 100% outages happen daily.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.