Belgium vs Ethiopia: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Belgium and 56.6% in Ethiopia, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Belgium, by 43.4 percentage points, or 1.77 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of people · World Bank

BelgiumEthiopiaWorld

What the numbers say

Belgium has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Belgium	Ethiopia	World
2024	100	56.6	91.9
2023	100	55.4	91.6
2022	100	55	91.3
2021	100	54.2	91.3
2020	100	51.1	90.4
2019	100	48	90.1
2018	100	44.8	89.8
2017	100	44.3	88.9
2016	100	42.9	88.1
2015	100	29	86.9
2014	100	27.2	86.2
2013	100	30.8	85.7
2012	100	29	84.9
2011	100	23	84.5
2010	100	25.5	83.5
2009	100	23.7	82.9
2008	100	22	82.7
2007	100	20.3	82
2006	100	18.6	81.4
2005	100	14	80.7
2004	100	15.2	80
2003	100	13.5	80
2002	100	11.9	79.1
2001	100	10.2	78.7
2000	100	12.7	78.2
1999	100	–	74.5
1998	100	–	73.2
1997	100	–	–
1996	100	–	–
1995	100	–	–
1994	100	–	–
1993	100	–	–
1992	100	–	–
1991	100	–	–
1990	100	–	–

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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Belgium vs Ethiopia: Access to electricity

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