Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) (World Bank)
This dataset from the World Bank measures the percentage of rural population with access to electricity across multiple geographic regions and dev | Free API + MCP, no signup.
17,556 rows · 10 columns · Time coverage: 1960 | 2025 · 266 regions/countries · Last data pull: 2026-05-08
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Original source: World Bank
Sample rows
| indicator | indicator_id | country | country_id | countryiso3code | date | value | unit |
|---|
| Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) | EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS | Africa Eastern and Southern | ZH | AFE | 2025 | | |
| Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) | EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS | Africa Eastern and Southern | ZH | AFE | 2024 | | |
| Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) | EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS | Africa Eastern and Southern | ZH | AFE | 2023 | 35.2402362869802 | |
| Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) | EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS | Africa Eastern and Southern | ZH | AFE | 2022 | 33.7472215050713 | |
| Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) | EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS | Africa Eastern and Southern | ZH | AFE | 2021 | 32.7098365540535 | |
| Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) | EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS | Africa Eastern and Southern | ZH | AFE | 2020 | 30.9099909700969 | |
| Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) | EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS | Africa Eastern and Southern | ZH | AFE | 2019 | 28.9831827826011 | |
| Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) | EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS | Africa Eastern and Southern | ZH | AFE | 2018 | 26.9419836631142 | |
| Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) | EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS | Africa Eastern and Southern | ZH | AFE | 2017 | 25.3750374165444 | |
| Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) | EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS | Africa Eastern and Southern | ZH | AFE | 2016 | 24.5849063292052 | |
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Topic hubs: Energy · Population & Demographics · Agriculture
Keywords: World Bank, WDI, countries, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy, Mining
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