Syria vs United Arab Emirates: Access to electricity

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

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% of people · World Bank

SyriaUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates 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	Syria	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	89.3	100	91.9
2023	88.4	100	91.6
2022	89	100	91.3
2021	88.8	100	91.3
2020	89	100	90.4
2019	89.2	100	90.1
2018	86	100	89.8
2017	89.6	100	88.9
2016	89.8	100	88.1
2015	90	100	86.9
2014	90.2	100	86.2
2013	90.4	100	85.7
2012	90.7	100	84.9
2011	91.5	100	84.5
2010	92.7	100	83.5
2009	91.1	100	82.9
2008	91.3	100	82.7
2007	91.5	100	82
2006	99.5	100	81.4
2005	92	100	80.7
2004	92.3	100	80
2003	92.6	100	80
2002	86.6	100	79.1
2001	93.1	100	78.7
2000	93.4	100	78.2
1999	–	100	74.5
1998	–	100	73.2
1997	–	100	–
1996	–	100	–
1995	–	100	–
1994	–	100	–
1993	–	100	–
1992	–	100	–
1991	–	100	–
1990	–	100	–

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

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Deaths in conflictsSyria: 1,574 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022