Variable: Access to electricity (% of population)

QoG Code: (wdi_acel)


Dataset: World Development Indicators

Description:

Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2024-11-20
Last updated by source: 2024-10-28


Categories:

Energy and Infrastructure


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Basic Cross-section - 2025 Basic Time-series - 2025 OECD Cross-section - 2025 OECD Time-series - 2025 Standard Cross-section - 2025 Standard Time-series - 2025 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 192
Basic time-series: 192
Standard cross-section: 192
Standard time-series: 192
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1990-2022
Basic time-series: 1990-2022
OECD time-series: 1990-2022

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This variable has information from the year 1990 to the year 2021