Eritrea
Access to electricity in Eritrea
Access to electricity in Eritrea: 22.9% in 1995 and 55.3% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 55.3%
- Since 1995
- +32.4 percentage points
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 55.4% in 2022, the lowest 22.9% in 1995.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Eritrea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55.3 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 54.4 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 55.4 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 52.5 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 51.4 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 50.3 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 49.1 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 48 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 46.9 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 45.8 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 44.6 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 43.5 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 42.3 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 41.2 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 40.1 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 38.9 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 37.8 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 36.7 | 82 |
| 2006 | 35.6 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 34.5 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 33.4 | 80 |
| 2003 | 32.4 | 80 |
| 2002 | 32.2 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 30.3 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 29.3 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 28.1 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 27 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 25.9 | – |
| 1996 | 24.8 | – |
| 1995 | 22.9 | – |
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
Eritrea in numbers
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- Military spending20.87% of GDP in 2003
- Military spending per person$75 in 2003
- Military share of state spending46.4% of government spending in 2003
- Armed forces personnel202,000 people in 2020
- National power0.31% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers13.29% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2007
- Arms exports0 TIV in 2006