Access to electricity in World
91.9% of people in the world had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1998.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
91.9%
Change from 2023
+0.3percentage points
European Union, 2024
100.0%
Access to electricity in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 91.9% | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 91.6% | 100.0% |
| 2022 | 91.3% | 100.0% |
| 2021 | 91.3% | 100.0% |
| 2020 | 90.4% | 100.0% |
| 2019 | 90.1% | 100.0% |
| 2018 | 89.8% | 100.0% |
| 2017 | 88.9% | 100.0% |
| 2016 | 88.1% | 99.9% |
| 2015 | 86.9% | 99.9% |
| 2014 | 86.2% | 99.9% |
| 2013 | 85.7% | 99.8% |
| 2012 | 84.9% | 99.8% |
| 2011 | 84.5% | 99.8% |
| 2010 | 83.5% | 99.8% |
| 2009 | 82.9% | 99.7% |
| 2008 | 82.7% | 99.7% |
| 2007 | 82.0% | 99.6% |
| 2006 | 81.4% | 99.6% |
| 2005 | 80.7% | 99.6% |
| 2004 | 80.0% | 99.6% |
| 2003 | 80.0% | 99.6% |
| 2002 | 79.1% | 99.5% |
| 2001 | 78.7% | 99.5% |
| 2000 | 78.2% | 99.5% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 91.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 86.2%, the figure has changed by +5.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 100.0%.