Algeria vs Syria: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Algeria and 89.3% in Syria, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Algeria, by 10.7 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Syria.

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% of people · World Bank

AlgeriaSyriaWorld

What the numbers say

Algeria has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Syria.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Algeria	Syria	World
2024	100	89.3	91.9
2023	100	88.4	91.6
2022	100	89	91.3
2021	99.8	88.8	91.3
2020	99.7	89	90.4
2019	99.5	89.2	90.1
2018	99.6	86	89.8
2017	99.5	89.6	88.9
2016	99.4	89.8	88.1
2015	99.4	90	86.9
2014	99.3	90.2	86.2
2013	99.2	90.4	85.7
2012	98.8	90.7	84.9
2011	99	91.5	84.5
2010	98.9	92.7	83.5
2009	98.8	91.1	82.9
2008	99.3	91.3	82.7
2007	98.7	91.5	82
2006	98.7	99.5	81.4
2005	98.6	92	80.7
2004	98.6	92.3	80
2003	98.6	92.6	80
2002	98.6	86.6	79.1
2001	98.6	93.1	78.7
2000	98.6	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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Algeria vs Syria: Access to electricity

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