Kenya vs Sweden: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 77% in Kenya and 100% in Sweden, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sweden, 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

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

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