Access to electricity in Afghanistan
87.8% of people in Afghanistan had access to electricity in 2024.
Afghanistan, 2024
87.8%
Change from 2023
+2.5percentage points
World, 2024
91.9%
Position in 2024
166th of 215
Access to electricity in Afghanistan over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Afghanistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 87.8% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 85.3% | 91.6% |
| 2022 | 85.3% | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 97.7% | 91.3% |
| 2020 | 97.7% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 97.7% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 93.4% | 89.8% |
| 2017 | 97.7% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 97.7% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 71.5% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 89.5% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 68.0% | 85.7% |
| 2012 | 69.1% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 43.2% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | 42.7% | 83.5% |
| 2009 | 48.3% | 82.9% |
| 2008 | 42.4% | 82.7% |
| 2007 | 38.4% | 82.0% |
| 2006 | 33.5% | 81.4% |
| 2005 | 28.7% | 80.7% |
| 2004 | 23.8% | 80.0% |
| 2003 | 19.0% | 80.0% |
| 2002 | 14.1% | 79.1% |
| 2001 | 9.3% | 78.7% |
| 2000 | 4.4% | 78.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.5 percentage points from 85.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 89.5%, the figure has changed by −1.7 percentage points.
- Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Afghanistan has the 166th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.