Canada vs Iran: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Canada and 100% in Iran, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 both had 100%.

% of people · World Bank

CanadaIranWorld

What the numbers say

% of people · World Bank

Year	Canada	Iran	World
2024	100	100	91.9
2023	100	100	91.6
2022	100	100	91.3
2021	100	100	91.3
2020	100	100	90.4
2019	100	100	90.1
2018	100	100	89.8
2017	100	99.9	88.9
2016	100	100	88.1
2015	100	100	86.9
2014	100	100	86.2
2013	100	99.8	85.7
2012	100	99.5	84.9
2011	100	99.5	84.5
2010	100	99.4	83.5
2009	100	99.7	82.9
2008	100	98.8	82.7
2007	100	98.7	82
2006	100	98.4	81.4
2005	100	98.4	80.7
2004	100	98.3	80
2003	100	98.2	80
2002	100	98.1	79.1
2001	100	98.1	78.7
2000	100	97.9	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	–	–

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time