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Ethiopia
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#190out of 215 countries
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Historical trend

56.645.033.421.810.2200020122024Ethiopia · 2024: 57Ethiopia

Analytical takeaways

  • Ethiopia records 57 for Access to electricity (% of population) in 2024, ranking #190 globally out of 215 countries.
  • Access to electricity (% of population) increased from 13 in 2000 to 57 in 2024, a gain of 44.
  • 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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