Access to electricity — all countries

Access to electricity — Western Asia

Access to electricity in Western Asia in 2024 — 97.3%. Since 1997, the indicator has risen by 16.3 pp.

2024 97.3% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 97.3%2024
Period minimum 81%1997

Trend over time

1997–2024 · % of population

Access to electricity — Western Asia, 1997–20248085909510019972000200320062009201220152018202120241997: 81%1998: 82.4%1999: 84.6%2000: 93.5%2001: 93.6%2002: 93.1%2003: 93.7%2004: 93.3%2005: 93.7%2006: 94.6%2007: 93.9%2008: 94.1%2009: 94.2%2010: 94.6%2011: 94.5%2012: 93.5%2013: 96.2%2014: 95.1%2015: 95.3%2016: 95.5%2017: 96.7%2018: 94.3%2019: 95.8%2020: 95.9%2021: 95.9%2022: 96.1%2023: 97%2024: 97.3%
Change over the period: +16.3 pp Annual average: 0.6 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Asia 97.3%
World 91.9%
Access to electricity — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 97.3 +0.4 pp
2023 97 +0.9 pp
2022 96.1 +0.1 pp
2021 95.9 +0 pp
2020 95.9 +0.1 pp
2019 95.8 +1.5 pp
2018 94.3 −2.4 pp
2017 96.7 +1.2 pp
2016 95.5 +0.2 pp
2015 95.3 +0.2 pp
2014 95.1 −1.1 pp
2013 96.2 +2.7 pp
2012 93.5 −1 pp
2011 94.5 −0.1 pp
2010 94.6 +0.4 pp
2009 94.2 +0.1 pp
2008 94.1 +0.2 pp
2007 93.9 −0.7 pp
2006 94.6 +0.9 pp
2005 93.7 +0.5 pp
2004 93.3 −0.4 pp
2003 93.7 +0.6 pp
2002 93.1 −0.5 pp
2001 93.6 +0.1 pp
2000 93.5 +8.9 pp
1999 84.6 +2.1 pp
1998 82.4 +1.4 pp
1997 81

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.