Yemen

Access to electricity in Yemen

Access to electricity in Yemen: 44.1% in 1992 and 86.3% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024
86.3%
Since 1992
+42.2 percentage points
Rank, 2024
165 of 213
counting from the highest
World, 2024
91.9%
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% of people · World Bank

Access to electricity in YemenAccess to electricity in Yemen: 44.1% in 1992 and 86.3% in 2024, by World Bank estimates. The highest was 86.3% in 2024, the lowest 40.8% in 1993.
Estimates, World BankWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 86.3% in 2024, the lowest 40.8% in 1993.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

YearYemenWorld
202486.391.9
202383.691.6
20227691.3
202174.991.3
202073.990.4
201972.890.1
20186289.8
201779.288.9
201668.988.1
201567.486.9
201466.186.2
201375.685.7
201252.484.9
20116284.5
201060.883.5
200959.682.9
200858.482.7
200757.282
200655.881.4
200554.880.7
200449.680
200352.680
200251.579.1
200150.478.7
200049.278.2
19994874.5
199846.873.2
199742.6–
199644.4–
199543.2–
199442–
199340.8–
199244.1–

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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