Iraq vs Yemen: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Iraq and 86.3% in Yemen, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iraq, by 13.7 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in Yemen.
IraqYemen
Watch it change on the mapLatest figures
% of people · World Bank
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 100 2024 | 99.2 | 1 of 213 |
| Yemen | 86.3 2024 | 66.1 | 165 of 213 |
| World | 91.9 2024 | 86.2 |
What the numbers say
- Iraq 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 | Iraq | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100 | 86.3 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 100 | 83.6 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 100 | 76 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 100 | 74.9 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 100 | 73.9 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 100 | 72.8 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 99.9 | 62 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 99.9 | 79.2 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 99.7 | 68.9 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 99.4 | 67.4 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 99.2 | 66.1 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 99 | 75.6 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 99.3 | 52.4 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 98 | 62 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 98.4 | 60.8 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 98.1 | 59.6 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 97.9 | 58.4 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 98.1 | 57.2 | 82 |
| 2006 | 97.6 | 55.8 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 97.4 | 54.8 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 97.3 | 49.6 | 80 |
| 2003 | 97.2 | 52.6 | 80 |
| 2002 | 97.1 | 51.5 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 96.9 | 50.4 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 96.8 | 49.2 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 48 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 46.8 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | – | 42.6 | – |
| 1996 | – | 44.4 | – |
| 1995 | – | 43.2 | – |
| 1994 | – | 42 | – |
| 1993 | – | 40.8 | – |
| 1992 | – | 44.1 | – |
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