Lebanon vs Syria: Access to electricity

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

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% of people · World Bank

LebanonSyriaWorld

What the numbers say

Lebanon 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	Lebanon	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	99.7	86	89.8
2017	99.9	89.6	88.9
2016	99.8	89.8	88.1
2015	99.7	90	86.9
2014	99.7	90.2	86.2
2013	99.6	90.4	85.7
2012	99.5	90.7	84.9
2011	99.7	91.5	84.5
2010	99.5	92.7	83.5
2009	99.3	91.1	82.9
2008	99.9	91.3	82.7
2007	97.8	91.5	82
2006	99.4	99.5	81.4
2005	99.2	92	80.7
2004	99.9	92.3	80
2003	99.2	92.6	80
2002	99.3	86.6	79.1
2001	99.3	93.1	78.7
2000	99.3	93.4	78.2
1999	–	–	74.5
1998	–	–	73.2

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

Lebanon vs Syria

Health

People

Economy

Education

Adult literacyLebanon: 92% in 2019Syria: 94.4% in 2021

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsLebanon: 0 deaths in 2022Syria: 1,574 deaths in 2022