Libya vs Tunisia: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 77.4% in Libya and 100% in Tunisia, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Tunisia, by 22.6 percentage points, or 1.29 times that in Libya.

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% of people · World Bank

LibyaTunisiaWorld

What the numbers say

Tunisia has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Libya.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Libya	Tunisia	World
2024	77.4	100	91.9
2023	73.2	100	91.6
2022	70	100	91.3
2021	70.2	99.9	91.3
2020	69.4	99.9	90.4
2019	68.5	100	90.1
2018	67	99.8	89.8
2017	70.6	100	88.9
2016	72.2	100	88.1
2015	73.8	99.9	86.9
2014	75.5	99.8	86.2
2013	77.1	99.7	85.7
2012	78.7	99.5	84.9
2011	80.3	99.5	84.5
2010	81.9	99.5	83.5
2009	83.5	99.5	82.9
2008	85.1	99.4	82.7
2007	86.8	99.4	82
2006	88.4	99.4	81.4
2005	90.1	99.2	80.7
2004	91.8	99	80
2003	93.5	98.4	80
2002	95.2	97.8	79.1
2001	96.9	97.3	78.7
2000	99.8	94.8	78.2
1999	–	94.2	74.5
1998	–	93.2	73.2
1997	–	92	–
1996	–	90.4	–
1995	–	88.7	–
1994	–	86.8	–

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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