Iran vs Syria: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Iran and 89.3% in Syria, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 10.7 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Syria.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

Iran has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Syria.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Iran	Syria	World
2024	100	89.3	91.9
2023	100	88.4	91.6
2022	100	89	91.3
2021	100	88.8	91.3
2020	100	89	90.4
2019	100	89.2	90.1
2018	100	86	89.8
2017	99.9	89.6	88.9
2016	100	89.8	88.1
2015	100	90	86.9
2014	100	90.2	86.2
2013	99.8	90.4	85.7
2012	99.5	90.7	84.9
2011	99.5	91.5	84.5
2010	99.4	92.7	83.5
2009	99.7	91.1	82.9
2008	98.8	91.3	82.7
2007	98.7	91.5	82
2006	98.4	99.5	81.4
2005	98.4	92	80.7
2004	98.3	92.3	80
2003	98.2	92.6	80
2002	98.1	86.6	79.1
2001	98.1	93.1	78.7
2000	97.9	93.4	78.2
1999	–	–	74.5
1998	–	–	73.2

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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Iran vs Syria: Access to electricity

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