Access to electricity in Egypt

Access to electricity in Egypt: 93.4% in 1992 and 100% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024: 100%
Since 1992: +6.6 percentage points
World, 2024: 91.9%

Watch it change on the map

% of people · World Bank

Estimates, World BankWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 100% in 2016, the lowest 93.4% in 1992.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Egypt	World
2024	100	91.9
2023	100	91.6
2022	100	91.3
2021	100	91.3
2020	100	90.4
2019	100	90.1
2018	100	89.8
2017	100	88.9
2016	100	88.1
2015	99.3	86.9
2014	99.8	86.2
2013	99.9	85.7
2012	99.7	84.9
2011	99.4	84.5
2010	99.4	83.5
2009	98.9	82.9
2008	99.8	82.7
2007	98.4	82
2006	99	81.4
2005	99.4	80.7
2004	97.8	80
2003	98.8	80
2002	97.5	79.1
2001	97.4	78.7
2000	97.7	78.2
1999	96.9	74.5
1998	96.7	73.2
1997	96.4	–
1996	96.2	–
1995	95.5	–
1994	95.7	–
1993	95.4	–
1992	93.4	–

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.

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