Ethiopia vs United Kingdom: Access to electricity

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

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom 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	Ethiopia	United Kingdom	World
2024	56.6	100	91.9
2023	55.4	100	91.6
2022	55	100	91.3
2021	54.2	100	91.3
2020	51.1	100	90.4
2019	48	100	90.1
2018	44.8	100	89.8
2017	44.3	100	88.9
2016	42.9	100	88.1
2015	29	100	86.9
2014	27.2	100	86.2
2013	30.8	100	85.7
2012	29	100	84.9
2011	23	100	84.5
2010	25.5	100	83.5
2009	23.7	100	82.9
2008	22	100	82.7
2007	20.3	100	82
2006	18.6	100	81.4
2005	14	100	80.7
2004	15.2	100	80
2003	13.5	100	80
2002	11.9	100	79.1
2001	10.2	100	78.7
2000	12.7	100	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.

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

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Deaths in conflictsEthiopia: 102,900 deaths in 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022