Africa Western and Central | Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank’s Global Electrification Database (GED) compiles nationally representative household survey data, and occasionally census data, from sources going back as far as 1990. The database also incorporates data from the Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (SEDLAC), Middle East and North Africa Poverty Database (MNAPOV) and the Europe and Central Asia Poverty Database (ECAPOV), which are based on similar surveys. At the time of this analysis, the GED contained 1,375 surveys for 149 countries in 1990-2021.
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The World Bank
Origin
Africa Western and Central
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63
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Africa Western and Central | Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
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1993 12.1097459
1994 12.42225105
1995 12.80900058
1996 12.66443298
1997 15.07086078
1998 14.2680451
1999 17.95834813
2000 16.65728122
2001 16.14491116
2002 15.77974178
2003 21.38647846
2004 17.23146664
2005 17.50664817
2006 18.13912403
2007 17.73566419
2008 19.52946843
2009 18.81194509
2010 20.50185679
2011 22.16595379
2012 19.06853669
2013 23.31934356
2014 22.42602422
2015 22.76561068
2016 27.33174806
2017 22.87133597
2018 28.15262415
2019 26.295098
2020 24.68242226
2021 25.84694449
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Africa Western and Central | Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank’s Global Electrification Database (GED) compiles nationally representative household survey data, and occasionally census data, from sources going back as far as 1990. The database also incorporates data from the Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (SEDLAC), Middle East and North Africa Poverty Database (MNAPOV) and the Europe and Central Asia Poverty Database (ECAPOV), which are based on similar surveys. At the time of this analysis, the GED contained 1,375 surveys for 149 countries in 1990-2021.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Western and Central
Records
63
Source