Iraq vs Syria: Access to electricity

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

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% of people · World Bank

IraqSyriaWorld

What the numbers say

Iraq 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	Iraq	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	99.9	86	89.8
2017	99.9	89.6	88.9
2016	99.7	89.8	88.1
2015	99.4	90	86.9
2014	99.2	90.2	86.2
2013	99	90.4	85.7
2012	99.3	90.7	84.9
2011	98	91.5	84.5
2010	98.4	92.7	83.5
2009	98.1	91.1	82.9
2008	97.9	91.3	82.7
2007	98.1	91.5	82
2006	97.6	99.5	81.4
2005	97.4	92	80.7
2004	97.3	92.3	80
2003	97.2	92.6	80
2002	97.1	86.6	79.1
2001	96.9	93.1	78.7
2000	96.8	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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Iraq vs Syria: Access to electricity

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