Brazil vs Kenya: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 99.8% in Brazil and 77% in Kenya, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Brazil, by 22.8 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in Kenya.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

Brazil has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Brazil	Kenya	World
2024	99.8	77	91.9
2023	99.8	76.2	91.6
2022	100	76	91.3
2021	99.5	76.5	91.3
2020	99.7	71.5	90.4
2019	99.8	69.7	90.1
2018	99.7	61.2	89.8
2017	99.8	55.8	88.9
2016	99.7	53.1	88.1
2015	99.7	41.6	86.9
2014	99.7	36	86.2
2013	99.6	40.1	85.7
2012	99.5	38.1	84.9
2011	99.3	36.2	84.5
2010	98.6	19.2	83.5
2009	98.9	23	82.9
2008	98.5	30.3	82.7
2007	98.1	28.3	82
2006	97.6	26.4	81.4
2005	97.1	24.5	80.7
2004	96.8	22.6	80
2003	97	16	80
2002	96.7	18.9	79.1
2001	96	17	78.7
2000	94.4	15.2	78.2
1999	94.8	13.2	74.5
1998	94.2	14.5	73.2
1997	93.4	9.3	–
1996	92.9	7.4	–
1995	91.7	5.4	–
1994	91.9	3.5	–
1993	90	10.9	–
1992	88.8	–	–
1991	90.6	–	–
1990	87.5	–	–

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 Kenya: Access to electricity

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