Access to electricity — all countries

Access to electricity — Upper-middle-income countries

Access to electricity in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 99.4%. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 11.9 pp.

2024 99.4% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 99.4%2022
Period minimum 87.5%1998

Trend over time

1998–2024 · % of population

Access to electricity — Upper-middle-income countries, 1998–202485909510019982001200420072010201320162019202220241998: 87.5%1999: 89.1%2000: 94.1%2001: 94.6%2002: 95.1%2003: 95.3%2004: 95.7%2005: 95.5%2006: 96.6%2007: 96.7%2008: 97.2%2009: 97.6%2010: 98.1%2011: 98.3%2012: 98.6%2013: 98.7%2014: 98.8%2015: 98.9%2016: 99%2017: 99.1%2018: 99.1%2019: 99.2%2020: 99.1%2021: 99.4%2022: 99.4%2023: 99.4%2024: 99.4%
Change over the period: +11.9 pp Annual average: 0.46 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 99.4%
World 91.9%
Access to electricity — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.4 +0 pp
2023 99.4 −0.1 pp
2022 99.4 +0.1 pp
2021 99.4 +0.2 pp
2020 99.1 −0.1 pp
2019 99.2 +0.1 pp
2018 99.1 +0 pp
2017 99.1 +0.1 pp
2016 99 +0 pp
2015 98.9 +0.1 pp
2014 98.8 +0.1 pp
2013 98.7 +0.2 pp
2012 98.6 +0.2 pp
2011 98.3 +0.2 pp
2010 98.1 +0.5 pp
2009 97.6 +0.4 pp
2008 97.2 +0.5 pp
2007 96.7 +0.1 pp
2006 96.6 +1 pp
2005 95.5 −0.2 pp
2004 95.7 +0.4 pp
2003 95.3 +0.2 pp
2002 95.1 +0.5 pp
2001 94.6 +0.5 pp
2000 94.1 +5 pp
1999 89.1 +1.6 pp
1998 87.5

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.