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

Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in Uganda was 69.87 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 71.98 in 2018, while its lowest value was 32.11 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
1991 33.60
1992 32.11
1993 33.27
1994 34.42
1995 40.20
1996 36.70
1997 37.82
1998 38.91
1999 39.99
2000 41.01
2001 43.90
2002 39.30
2003 44.23
2004 45.32
2005 49.00
2006 41.80
2007 48.71
2008 49.88
2009 45.00
2010 48.00
2011 55.40
2012 54.59
2013 55.75
2014 51.40
2015 51.90
2016 57.50
2017 63.56
2018 71.98
2019 70.80
2020 69.87

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