Access to electricity — all countries

Access to electricity — Middle East & North Africa

Access to electricity in Middle East & North Africa in 2024 — 96.8%. Since 1994, the indicator has risen by 13.4 pp.

2024 96.8% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 96.8%2024
Period minimum 82.6%2000

Trend over time

1994–2024 · % of population

Access to electricity — Middle East & North Africa, 1994–202480859095100199419972000200320062009201220152018202120241994: 83.3%1995: 83.2%1996: 84.7%1997: 85.3%1998: 86.3%1999: 86.9%2000: 82.6%2001: 83.3%2002: 83.6%2003: 84.6%2004: 85%2005: 86%2006: 87.7%2007: 87.2%2008: 88.1%2009: 88.7%2010: 90.6%2011: 90.8%2012: 91.9%2013: 93.1%2014: 94%2015: 93.4%2016: 95.2%2017: 96%2018: 95%2019: 96%2020: 96.3%2021: 96.4%2022: 95.9%2023: 96.4%2024: 96.8%
Change over the period: +13.4 pp Annual average: 0.45 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 96.8%
World 91.9%
Access to electricity — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 96.8 +0.4 pp
2023 96.4 +0.6 pp
2022 95.9 −0.6 pp
2021 96.4 +0.2 pp
2020 96.3 +0.3 pp
2019 96 +1 pp
2018 95 −1 pp
2017 96 +0.8 pp
2016 95.2 +1.7 pp
2015 93.4 −0.6 pp
2014 94 +0.9 pp
2013 93.1 +1.3 pp
2012 91.9 +1.1 pp
2011 90.8 +0.2 pp
2010 90.6 +1.8 pp
2009 88.7 +0.6 pp
2008 88.1 +0.9 pp
2007 87.2 −0.5 pp
2006 87.7 +1.7 pp
2005 86 +1 pp
2004 85 +0.4 pp
2003 84.6 +1 pp
2002 83.6 +0.3 pp
2001 83.3 +0.7 pp
2000 82.6 −4.3 pp
1999 86.9 +0.6 pp
1998 86.3 +1 pp
1997 85.3 +0.6 pp
1996 84.7 +1.6 pp
1995 83.2 −0.2 pp
1994 83.3

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.