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Eritrea
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#192out of 215 countries
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Historical trend

55.447.339.231.022.9199520102024Eritrea · 2024: 55Eritrea

Analytical takeaways

  • Eritrea records 55 for Access to electricity (% of population) in 2024, ranking #192 globally out of 215 countries.
  • Access to electricity (% of population) increased from 23 in 1995 to 55 in 2024, a gain of 32.
  • 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.

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