Central African Republic - Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in Central African Republic was 33.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 33.56 in 2020, while its lowest value was 8.00 in 1995.

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
1995 8.00
1996 9.16
1997 10.14
1998 11.10
1999 12.04
2000 15.60
2001 13.83
2002 14.74
2003 15.67
2004 16.60
2005 17.55
2006 20.26
2007 19.53
2008 11.86
2009 21.56
2010 24.90
2011 26.06
2012 27.08
2013 27.97
2014 28.69
2015 29.47
2016 30.45
2017 31.47
2018 32.30
2019 32.10
2020 33.56

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