Afghanistan
Access to electricity (% of population)

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

Global rank#166out of 215 countries
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Historical trend

97.774.451.127.74.4200020122024Afghanistan · 2024: 88Afghanistan

Analytical takeaways

  • Afghanistan records 88 for Access to electricity (% of population) in 2024, ranking #166 globally out of 215 countries.
  • Access to electricity (% of population) increased from 4 in 2000 to 88 in 2024, a gain of 83.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

Comparison

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