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Population with access to electricity

Observed

Share of the population with access to electricity.

Ingestedfrom World BankfreshJSON export
Current value, World
91.93percent of population
period 2024
Geography
World (WLD)
Observation date
2024
Unit
percent of population
Frequency
annual
Ingested
2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1-year change+0.323improving+0.35%2023 to 2024from 91.6 to 91.93 percent of population
10-year trend+0.65% per yearimproving+6.65%2014 to 2024compound annual growth rate; total +5.73 percent of population, from 86.2 to 91.93 percent of population
Historical series

Population with access to electricity, World

Observed
7075808590951998200020052010201520202024PERCENT OF POPULATION91.93
27 observations, 1998 to 2024latest point emphasised
Data table (27 rows)
Population with access to electricity, World: 27 observations from 1998 to 2024, values from 73.2 to 91.93 percent of population. Latest 91.93 percent of population in 2024. Full data table below.
PeriodValue (percent of population)Source revisionIngested at
202491.92652026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202391.60352026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202291.28182026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202191.33852026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202090.39952026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201990.1092026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201889.80122026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201788.93572026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201688.10812026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201586.92742026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201486.19852026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201385.71372026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201284.93922026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201184.50892026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201083.45022026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200982.86882026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200882.67142026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200781.97462026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200681.35672026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200580.70462026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200479.95572026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200379.96852026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200279.10442026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200178.71882026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200078.2252026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199974.50792026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199873.20062026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
263 geographies have observations for this metric
World Bank, World Development Indicators, series EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS
Definition

What this measures

Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources, compiled by the World Bank as part of the SDG 7 tracking framework (Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report).

Direction
higher is better
Geography level
world, regions, countries
Slug
electricity-access
Energy

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Provenance and methodologysource, series, ingestion, revisions
Classification
Observedpublished by the cited source, ingested without transformation
Source organization
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Series ID
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZSlast fetch: ok
Source links
License and attribution
Approved with attribution
World Bank, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0
Terms of use
Last source update
2026-07-13(source revision label as published by the provider)
Last ingestion
last successful runfresh
Last run
success2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
Parser version
world-bank-v2/1.0.0
Methodology version
1.0
Quality and confidence
Survey-based with model-based gap filling for years without surveys. Access does not measure reliability or quantity of supply.
Ingestion rejects values outside 0 to 100 percent of population.
27 periods with values for this geography, 1998 to 2024.
Revisions
Values reported for the latest period (2024) by each source revision ingested. Earlier rows are never deleted; the newest ingested row is shown as current.
Source revisionValue (percent of population)Ingested atStatus
2026-07-1391.92652026-09-07 05:31 UTCcurrent
No superseded rows for this geography: every period has been ingested once.