Arab World - Access to electricity

Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in Arab World was 81.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 83.74 in 2019, while its lowest value was 54.72 in 1992.

Definition: Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.

Source: World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.

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Year Value
1992 54.72
1993 56.81
1994 57.87
1995 57.45
1996 59.73
1997 60.54
1998 61.94
1999 62.89
2000 68.17
2001 70.47
2002 70.03
2003 71.83
2004 68.20
2005 69.63
2006 73.45
2007 69.84
2008 69.62
2009 70.63
2010 75.41
2011 75.56
2012 75.38
2013 79.58
2014 77.67
2015 78.95
2016 79.79
2017 82.37
2018 82.97
2019 83.74
2020 81.66

Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in Arab World was 97.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 98.28 in 2019, while its lowest value was 94.33 in 2002.

Definition: Access to electricity, urban is the percentage of urban population with access to electricity.

Source: World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.

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Year Value
2000 94.86
2001 94.33
2002 94.33
2003 94.51
2004 94.62
2005 94.57
2006 95.34
2007 95.09
2008 94.39
2009 95.06
2010 96.87
2011 97.00
2012 96.98
2013 97.24
2014 96.86
2015 97.02
2016 97.26
2017 97.48
2018 97.58
2019 98.28
2020 97.54

Access to electricity (% of population)

Access to electricity (% of population) in Arab World was 90.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 90.32 in 2017, while its lowest value was 76.61 in 1996.

Definition: Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.

Source: World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.

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Year Value
1996 76.61
1997 77.25
1998 78.11
1999 78.69
2000 80.74
2001 81.59
2002 81.54
2003 82.51
2004 82.50
2005 83.21
2006 85.46
2007 83.76
2008 83.39
2009 84.31
2010 87.11
2011 87.33
2012 87.04
2013 88.99
2014 88.02
2015 88.68
2016 89.20
2017 90.32
2018 88.91
2019 90.00
2020 90.28

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use