Japan vs Kenya: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Japan and 77% in Kenya, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Japan, by 23 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in Kenya.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Japan	Kenya	World
2024	100	77	91.9
2023	100	76.2	91.6
2022	100	76	91.3
2021	100	76.5	91.3
2020	100	71.5	90.4
2019	100	69.7	90.1
2018	100	61.2	89.8
2017	100	55.8	88.9
2016	100	53.1	88.1
2015	100	41.6	86.9
2014	100	36	86.2
2013	100	40.1	85.7
2012	100	38.1	84.9
2011	100	36.2	84.5
2010	100	19.2	83.5
2009	100	23	82.9
2008	100	30.3	82.7
2007	100	28.3	82
2006	100	26.4	81.4
2005	100	24.5	80.7
2004	100	22.6	80
2003	100	16	80
2002	100	18.9	79.1
2001	100	17	78.7
2000	100	15.2	78.2
1999	100	13.2	74.5
1998	100	14.5	73.2
1997	100	9.3	–
1996	100	7.4	–
1995	100	5.4	–
1994	100	3.5	–
1993	100	10.9	–
1992	100	–	–
1991	100	–	–
1990	100	–	–

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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Japan vs Kenya: Access to electricity

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