Access to electricity in OECD members

99.9% of people in OECD member countries had access to electricity in 2024.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2024 99.9% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 99.9%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate

Access to electricity in OECD members 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 OECD membersWorld
2024 99.9% 91.9%
2023 99.9% 91.6%
2022 100.0% 91.3%
2021 100.0% 91.3%
2020 99.9% 90.4%
2019 99.9% 90.1%
2018 99.9% 89.8%
2017 99.9% 88.9%
2016 99.9% 88.1%
2015 99.8% 86.9%
2014 99.8% 86.2%
2013 99.8% 85.7%
2012 99.8% 84.9%
2011 99.8% 84.5%
2010 99.8% 83.5%
2009 99.7% 82.9%
2008 99.7% 82.7%
2007 99.6% 82.0%
2006 99.7% 81.4%
2005 99.7% 80.7%
2004 99.7% 80.0%
2003 99.6% 80.0%
2002 99.6% 79.1%
2001 99.7% 78.7%
2000 99.6% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 99.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 99.8%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.

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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
1990 to 2024 for OECD members
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