International Energy Agency

Electricity Access Database

Definitions and approach

The International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook (WEO) first constructed a database on electricity access for the WEO in
2002. These databases have been updated regularly since then. Several expansions and additions have been made for this special
report in 2017, the Energy Access Outlook. For the first time, we provided a historical time series for over 100 countries from 2000.
In addition, we collected data for electricity access up to 2016, a one-year lag, compared to the previous two-year lag. This report
gave a first-of-its-kind assessment of country-by-country progress, including for the first time an assessment of off-grid electricity
access, sourced from government and commercial data. With the most recent update based on the World Energy Outlook-2018,
data in this file goes up to 2017.

The general paucity of data on electricity access means that it must be gathered through a combination of sources, including: IEA
energy statistics; a network of contacts spanning governments, multilateral development banks and country-level representatives
of various international organisations; and, other publicly available statistics, such as US Agency for International Development
(USAID) supported Demographic and Health Surveys data, the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Surveys (LSMS), the UN
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean’s (ECLAC) statistical publications, and data from national statistics
agencies. In the small number of cases where no data could be provided through these channels other sources were used.

For further detail on the IEA's definition of energy access, please see our Energy Access methodology note
at http://www.iea.org/energyaccess/methodology

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Source: IEA, World Energy Outlook-2018
Electricity Access, Summary by Region

Rate of access

National

2000 2005 2010

WORLD 73% 76% 80%
Developing Countries 64% 69% 74%
Africa 35% 39% 43%
North Africa 90% 96% 99%
Sub-Saharan Africa 23% 28% 32%
Developing Asia 67% 74% 79%
China 99% 99% 99%
India 43% 58% 66%
Indonesia 53% 56% 67%
Other Southeast Asia 68% 76% 84%
Other Developing Asia 38% 45% 58%
Central and South America 86% 90% 94%
Middle East 91% 80% 91%
ummary by Region

Rate of access Population

without
access
nal Urban Rural (million)

2017 2017 2017 2017

87% 95% 76% 992
83% 93% 73% 992
52% 74% 36% 603
100% 100% 99% <1
43% 67% 28% 602
91% 98% 85% 351
100% 100% 100% -
87% 98% 82% 168
95% 100% 89% 14
88% 97% 82% 44
76% 88% 68% 125
96% 98% 86% 20
92% 98% 78% 18
Source: IEA, World Energy Outlook-2018
Electricity Access in Africa

Rate of access Population

without
access
National Urban Rural (million)

2000 2005 2010 2017 2017 2017 2017

Africa 35% 39% 43% 52% 74% 36% 603
North Africa 90% 96% 99% 100% 100% 99% <1
Algeria 98% 98% 99% 99% 100% 97% <1
Egypt 94% 98% 100% 100% 100% 100% <1
Libya 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 99% <1
Morocco 71% 87% 99% 99% 100% 97% <1
Tunisia 95% 99% 100% 100% 100% 100% -
Sub-Saharan Africa 23% 28% 32% 43% 67% 28% 602
Central Africa 10% 15% 21% 26% 49% 6% 99
Cameroon 20% 47% 49% 62% 96% 19% 9
Central African Republic 1% 2% 2% 3% 5% 1% 5
Chad 2% 3% 4% 8% 32% 1% 14
Congo 21% 23% 37% 60% 82% 18% 2
Democratic Republic of the Con 7% 7% 15% 15% 35% 0% 69
Equatorial Guinea 22% 25% 27% 80% 93% 48% <1
Gabon 31% 46% 60% 91% 97% 38% <1
East Africa 10% 17% 21% 41% 63% 26% 173
Burundi 4% 5% 5% 10% 35% 6% 10
Djibouti 46% 48% 50% 42% 54% 1% <1
Eritrea 17% 23% 32% 44% 86% 17% 3
Ethiopia 5% 15% 23% 45% 71% 38% 58
Kenya 8% 14% 18% 73% 90% 68% 13
Rwanda 6% 8% 10% 43% 69% 37% 7
Somalia 5% 9% 14% 17% 35% 4% 12
South Sudan 0% 0% 0% 1% 4% 0% 12
Sudan 30% 31% 36% 45% 71% 31% 22
Uganda 4% 9% 9% 20% 23% 19% 34
West Africa 33% 37% 42% 51% 77% 29% 182
Nigeria 40% 47% 50% 60% 80% 40% 77
Benin 22% 23% 27% 30% 54% 9% 8
Cote d'Ivoire 50% 49% 59% 60% 88% 31% 10
Ghana 45% 51% 61% 84% 97% 69% 5
Senegal 30% 35% 54% 65% 90% 43% 6
Togo 9% 18% 28% 36% 64% 16% 5
Burkina Faso 13% 9% 15% 18% 58% 1% 16
Cape Verde 59% 65% 70% 96% 100% 89% <1
Gambia 18% 27% 35% 45% 66% 13% 1
Guinea 16% 18% 20% 17% 46% 1% 11
Guinea-Bissau 10% 11% 12% 10% 14% 8% 2
Source: IEA, World Energy Outlook-2018
Electricity Access in Developing Asia

Rate of access

National Urban

2000 2005 2010 2017 2017

Developing Asia 67% 74% 79% 91% 98%
China 99% 99% 99% 100% 100%
India 43% 58% 66% 87% 98%
Indonesia 53% 56% 67% 95% 100%
Other Southeast Asia 68% 76% 84% 88% 97%
Brunei 99% 99% 100% 100% 100%
Cambodia 16% 12% 23% 61% 97%
Laos 0% 11% 63% 94% 100%
Malaysia 97% 98% 99% 98% 99%
Myanmar 5% 12% 49% 56% 79%
Philippines 87% 82% 83% 88% 98%
Singapore 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Thailand 82% 99% 99% 100% 100%
Viet Nam 76% 95% 97% 99% 100%
Other Developing Asia 38% 45% 58% 76% 88%
Bangladesh 20% 34% 47% 80% 93%
DPR Korea 20% 23% 26% 26% 36%
Mongolia 90% 65% 86% 91% 99%
Nepal 15% 35% 76% 91% 99%
Pakistan 53% 56% 67% 74% 90%
Sri Lanka 62% 68% 77% 100% 100%
Other Asia 10% 14% 30% 63% 85%
Source: IEA, World Energy Outlook-2018
Electricity Access in Central and South America

Rate of access

National Urban

2000 2005 2010 2017 2017

Central and South America 86% 90% 94% 96% 98%
Argentina 95% 96% 97% 99% 100%
Bolivia 60% 67% 80% 88% 98%
Brazil 95% 97% 99% 100% 100%
Colombia 81% 88% 97% 97% 100%
Costa Rica 96% 99% 99% 99% 100%
Cuba 97% 96% 97% 100% 100%
Dominican Republic 67% 93% 97% 97% 99%
Ecuador 80% 91% 92% 97% 99%
El Salvador 71% 81% 92% 96% 98%
Guatemala 67% 79% 80% 92% 100%
Haiti 34% 37% 20% 30% 45%
Honduras 55% 64% 80% 75% 81%
Jamaica 90% 88% 92% 98% 100%
Nicaragua 48% 70% 72% 90% 97%
Panama 76% 86% 88% 92% 100%
Paraguay 75% 88% 97% 99% 100%
Peru 73% 75% 86% 95% 97%
Trinidad and Tobago 99% 99% 99% 99% 100%
Uruguay 98% 96% 99% 100% 100%
Venezuela 94% 99% 100% 99% 99%
Other Central and South America 87% 88% 92% 93% 94%
Source: IEA, World Energy Outlook-2018
Electricity Access in the Middle East

Rate of access

National Urban

2000 2005 2010 2017 2017

Middle East 91% 80% 91% 92% 98%
Bahrain 99% 99% 99% 100% 100%
Iran 98% 98% 98% 99% 100%
Iraq 95% 29% 98% 98% 100%
Jordan 95% 100% 99% 100% 100%
Kuwait 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Lebanon 95% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Oman 94% 96% 98% 99% 100%
Saudi Arabia 98% 97% 99% 99% 100%
Syria 86% 91% 93% 92% 100%
Qatar 95% 76% 99% 100% 100%
United Arab Emirates 96% 94% 100% 100% 100%
Yemen 50% 37% 40% 47% 72%