Niger - Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in Niger was 48.39 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 63.09 in 2010, while its lowest value was 26.70 in 1992.

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
1992 26.70
1993 31.81
1994 33.03
1995 34.23
1996 35.43
1997 36.61
1998 36.50
1999 38.91
2000 40.67
2001 41.13
2002 42.24
2003 43.36
2004 44.49
2005 45.64
2006 47.20
2007 48.01
2008 49.22
2009 50.44
2010 63.09
2011 59.90
2012 61.80
2013 59.10
2014 57.50
2015 60.20
2016 58.84
2017 60.01
2018 47.63
2019 50.13
2020 48.39

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data for access to electricity are collected among different sources: mostly data from nationally representative household surveys (including national censuses) were used. Survey sources include Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Living Standards Measurement Surveys (LSMS), Multi-Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), the World Health Survey (WHS), other nationally developed and implemented surveys, and various government agencies (for example, ministries of energy and utilities). Given the low frequency and the regional distribution of some surveys, a number of countries have gaps in available data. To develop the historical evolution and starting point of electrification rates, a simple modeling approach was adopted to fill in the missing data points - around 1990, around 2000, and around 2010. Therefore, a country can have a continuum of zero to three data points. There are 42 countries with zero data point and the weighted regional average was used as an estimate for electrification in each of the data periods. 170 countries have between one and three data points and missing data are estimated by using a model with region, country, and time variables. The model keeps the original observation if data is available for any of the time periods. This modeling approach allowed the estimation of electrification rates for 212 countries over these three time periods (Indicated as "Estimate"). Notation "Assumption" refers to the assumption of universal access in countries classified as developed by the United Nations. Data begins from the year in which the first survey data is available for each country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use