Afghanistan vs Syria: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 87.8% in Afghanistan and 89.3% in Syria, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Syria, by 1.5 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Afghanistan.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

Syria has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Afghanistan.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Afghanistan	Syria	World
2024	87.8	89.3	91.9
2023	85.3	88.4	91.6
2022	85.3	89	91.3
2021	97.7	88.8	91.3
2020	97.7	89	90.4
2019	97.7	89.2	90.1
2018	93.4	86	89.8
2017	97.7	89.6	88.9
2016	97.7	89.8	88.1
2015	71.5	90	86.9
2014	89.5	90.2	86.2
2013	68	90.4	85.7
2012	69.1	90.7	84.9
2011	43.2	91.5	84.5
2010	42.7	92.7	83.5
2009	48.3	91.1	82.9
2008	42.4	91.3	82.7
2007	38.4	91.5	82
2006	33.5	99.5	81.4
2005	28.7	92	80.7
2004	23.8	92.3	80
2003	19	92.6	80
2002	14.1	86.6	79.1
2001	9.3	93.1	78.7
2000	4.4	93.4	78.2
1999	–	–	74.5
1998	–	–	73.2

Each country on its own

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The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Afghanistan vs Syria: Access to electricity

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