Afghanistan
Access to electricity in Afghanistan
Access to electricity in Afghanistan: 4.4% in 2000 and 87.8% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 87.8%
- Since 2000
- +83.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 164 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 97.7% in 2016, the lowest 4.4% in 2000.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Afghanistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 87.8 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 85.3 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 85.3 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 97.7 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 97.7 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 97.7 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 93.4 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 97.7 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 97.7 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 71.5 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 89.5 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 68 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 69.1 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 43.2 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 42.7 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 48.3 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 42.4 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 38.4 | 82 |
| 2006 | 33.5 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 28.7 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 23.8 | 80 |
| 2003 | 19 | 80 |
| 2002 | 14.1 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 9.3 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 4.4 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 73.2 |
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
Afghanistan in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.83% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollars$8.55M in 1977
- Military spending per person$7 in 2021
- Military share of state spending5% of government spending in 2020
- Armed forces personnel165,000 people in 2020
- National power0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.82% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports65 million TIV in 2021
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 1992