Access to electricity
Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.
Access to electricity
% of population · 2000–2026
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A reported 100% is the source's estimate of access to electricity. It does not guarantee uninterrupted service, affordability or enough power for every household. Countries with identical values have overlapping lines; use Table or the chart's up/down arrow keys to inspect each country.
Compare the same definition and period. Differences are descriptive, not causal. National measurement methods may differ; crude rates are not age-standardised. Missing uncertainty intervals in this feed do not mean an estimate is exact.
At the same point in time
Latest comparable common year within this selection: 2024.
United States minus Portugal: 0 percentage points.
Japan minus Portugal: 0 percentage points.
Calculated by World in Stats from the named source values. Differences are not causal effects.Where did these numbers come from?
- Dataset
- World Development Indicators
- Original indicator
- EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · Original source
- Data providers
- SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB), uri: https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/downloads, note: Data is downloaded from ESMAP website. Data is released when a new Tracking SDG7 report is released., publisher: World Bank (WB), date accessed: 2024-05-16, date published: 2023
- Source dataset update
- 8 October 2026
- Retrieved
- 13 October 2026
- Publication date
- Not supplied separately by the API
- Definition
- Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.
- Unit
- % of population
- Transformations
- None. Display values may be rounded; CSV retains source precision.
- Licence & attribution
- SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB), uri: https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/downloads, note: Data is downloaded from ESMAP website. Data is released when a new Tracking SDG7 report is released., publisher: World Bank (WB), date accessed: 2024-05-16, date published: 2023. Source attribution and terms. No endorsement implied.
- Verification
- Exact API query · Indicator metadata
Interpreting this indicator
A reported 100% describes national access at the source’s precision. It does not guarantee uninterrupted supply, affordable bills or the absence of individual exceptions. This indicator measures access, not electricity consumption.
Understand percentages, rates and uncertainty
Data availability varies by country and year. Compare the same definition and time period. Revisions may change historical observations; these values belong to the snapshot retrieved on 13 October 2026.
This feed does not supply uncertainty intervals for these observations. No ranking or causal explanation is inferred.