Brazil vs Germany: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 99.8% in Brazil and 100% in Germany, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Germany, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1 times that in Brazil.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2023.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Brazil	Germany	World
2024	99.8	100	91.9
2023	99.8	100	91.6
2022	100	100	91.3
2021	99.5	100	91.3
2020	99.7	100	90.4
2019	99.8	100	90.1
2018	99.7	100	89.8
2017	99.8	100	88.9
2016	99.7	100	88.1
2015	99.7	100	86.9
2014	99.7	100	86.2
2013	99.6	100	85.7
2012	99.5	100	84.9
2011	99.3	100	84.5
2010	98.6	100	83.5
2009	98.9	100	82.9
2008	98.5	100	82.7
2007	98.1	100	82
2006	97.6	100	81.4
2005	97.1	100	80.7
2004	96.8	100	80
2003	97	100	80
2002	96.7	100	79.1
2001	96	100	78.7
2000	94.4	100	78.2
1999	94.8	100	74.5
1998	94.2	100	73.2
1997	93.4	100	–
1996	92.9	100	–
1995	91.7	100	–
1994	91.9	100	–
1993	90	100	–
1992	88.8	100	–
1991	90.6	100	–
1990	87.5	100	–

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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Brazil vs Germany: Access to electricity

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