Kenya

Access to electricity in Kenya

Access to electricity in Kenya: 10.9% in 1993 and 77% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024
77%
Since 1993
+66.1 percentage points
Rank, 2024
172 of 213
counting from the highest
World, 2024
91.9%
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% of people · World Bank

Access to electricity in KenyaAccess to electricity in Kenya: 10.9% in 1993 and 77% in 2024, by World Bank estimates. The highest was 77% in 2024, the lowest 3.5% in 1994.
Estimates, World BankWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 77% in 2024, the lowest 3.5% in 1994.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

YearKenyaWorld
20247791.9
202376.291.6
20227691.3
202176.591.3
202071.590.4
201969.790.1
201861.289.8
201755.888.9
201653.188.1
201541.686.9
20143686.2
201340.185.7
201238.184.9
201136.284.5
201019.283.5
20092382.9
200830.382.7
200728.382
200626.481.4
200524.580.7
200422.680
20031680
200218.979.1
20011778.7
200015.278.2
199913.274.5
199814.573.2
19979.3–
19967.4–
19955.4–
19943.5–
199310.9–

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.

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