Iran vs Iraq: Access to electricity

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

% of people · World Bank

IranIraqWorld

What the numbers say

% of people · World Bank

Year	Iran	Iraq	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	99.9	89.8
2017	99.9	99.9	88.9
2016	100	99.7	88.1
2015	100	99.4	86.9
2014	100	99.2	86.2
2013	99.8	99	85.7
2012	99.5	99.3	84.9
2011	99.5	98	84.5
2010	99.4	98.4	83.5
2009	99.7	98.1	82.9
2008	98.8	97.9	82.7
2007	98.7	98.1	82
2006	98.4	97.6	81.4
2005	98.4	97.4	80.7
2004	98.3	97.3	80
2003	98.2	97.2	80
2002	98.1	97.1	79.1
2001	98.1	96.9	78.7
2000	97.9	96.8	78.2
1999	–	–	74.5
1998	–	–	73.2

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