Access to electricity in Kenya

77.0% of people in Kenya had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1993.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1993 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Kenya, 2024 77.0% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.8percentage points 2023: 76.2%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 174th of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Kenya over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Access to electricity (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period KenyaWorld
2024 77.0% 91.9%
2023 76.2% 91.6%
2022 76.0% 91.3%
2021 76.5% 91.3%
2020 71.5% 90.4%
2019 69.7% 90.1%
2018 61.2% 89.8%
2017 55.8% 88.9%
2016 53.1% 88.1%
2015 41.6% 86.9%
2014 36.0% 86.2%
2013 40.1% 85.7%
2012 38.1% 84.9%
2011 36.2% 84.5%
2010 19.2% 83.5%
2009 23.0% 82.9%
2008 30.3% 82.7%
2007 28.3% 82.0%
2006 26.4% 81.4%
2005 24.5% 80.7%
2004 22.6% 80.0%
2003 16.0% 80.0%
2002 18.9% 79.1%
2001 17.0% 78.7%
2000 15.2% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 76.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 36.0%, the figure has changed by +41.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Kenya has the 174th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1993 to 2024 for Kenya
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset