Access to electricity — all countries

Access to electricity — OECD

Access to electricity in the OECD in 2024 — 99.9%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.4 pp.

2024 99.9% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 100%2021
Period minimum 99.1%1992

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of population

Access to electricity — OECD, 1990–20249999.399.599.810019901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 99.5%1991: 99.6%1992: 99.1%1993: 99.3%1994: 99.3%1995: 99.3%1996: 99.4%1997: 99.4%1998: 99.4%1999: 99.5%2000: 99.6%2001: 99.7%2002: 99.6%2003: 99.6%2004: 99.7%2005: 99.7%2006: 99.7%2007: 99.6%2008: 99.7%2009: 99.7%2010: 99.8%2011: 99.8%2012: 99.8%2013: 99.8%2014: 99.8%2015: 99.8%2016: 99.9%2017: 99.9%2018: 99.9%2019: 99.9%2020: 99.9%2021: 100%2022: 100%2023: 99.9%2024: 99.9%
Change over the period: +0.4 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 99.9%
World 91.9%
Access to electricity — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.9 +0 pp
2023 99.9 −0.1 pp
2022 100 +0 pp
2021 100 +0.1 pp
2020 99.9 −0 pp
2019 99.9 +0 pp
2018 99.9 −0 pp
2017 99.9 +0 pp
2016 99.9 +0.1 pp
2015 99.8 −0 pp
2014 99.8 +0 pp
2013 99.8 +0 pp
2012 99.8 +0 pp
2011 99.8 −0 pp
2010 99.8 +0.1 pp
2009 99.7 −0.1 pp
2008 99.7 +0.1 pp
2007 99.6 −0.1 pp
2006 99.7 +0 pp
2005 99.7 +0.1 pp
2004 99.7 +0.1 pp
2003 99.6 −0 pp
2002 99.6 −0.1 pp
2001 99.7 +0 pp
2000 99.6 +0.2 pp
1999 99.5 +0.1 pp
1998 99.4 −0 pp
1997 99.4 +0 pp
1996 99.4 +0.1 pp
1995 99.3 +0 pp
1994 99.3 −0 pp
1993 99.3 +0.2 pp
1992 99.1 −0.5 pp
1991 99.6 +0.1 pp
1990 99.5

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.