Access to Electricity (National)

Caution: Some countries have data gaps due to low survey frequency. To develop the historical evolution and starting point of electrification rates, a simple modeling approach was used to fill in the missing data points - around 1990, around 2000, and around 2010. In the 42 countries with zero data points, the weighted regional average was used as an estimate for electrification in each of the data periods. In the 170 countries with between one and three data points, missing data was estimated using a model with the region, country, and time variables.