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World Energy Outlook 2012 – Electricity Access Database

Definitions and approach

The International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook first constructed a database on electrification rates for WEO-2002. We have updated this database once again for WEO-2012, showing detailed data on urban and rural electrification.

The general paucity of data on electricity access means that it must be gathered through a combination of sources, including: IEA energy statistics; a network of contacts spanning governments, multilateral development banks and country-level representatives of various international organisations; and, other publicly available statistics, such as US Agency for International Development (USAID) supported DHS survey data, the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Surveys (LSMS), the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean’s (ECLAC) statistical publications, and data from national statistics agencies. In the small number of cases where no data could be provided through these channels other sources were used. If electricity access data for 2010 was not available, data for the latest available year was used. For many countries, data on the urban and rural breakdown was collected, but if not available an estimate was made on the basis of pre-existing data or a comparison to the average correlation between urban and national electrification rates. Often only the percentage of households with a connection is known and assumptions about an average household size are used to determine access rates as a percentage of the population. To estimate the number of people without access, population data comes from OECD statistics in conjunction with the United Nations Population Division reports World Urbanization Prospects: the 2009 Revision Population Database, and World Population Prospects: the 2010 Revision. Electricity access data is adjusted to be consistent with demographic patterns of urban and rural population. Due to differences in definitions and methodology from different sources, data quality may vary from country to country. Where country data appeared contradictory, outdated or unreliable, the IEA Secretariat made estimates based on cross-country comparisons and earlier surveys. For further detail, please see our Energy Access methodology note at www.worldenergyoutlook.org.

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SOURCE: IEA, World Energy Outlook 2012

Region

Developing countries 1,265 76.1 92.1 63.7

Africa 590 43 72 24

North Africa 1 99 100 99

Sub-Saharan Africa 589 32 64 13

Developing Asia 628 83 96 74

China & East Asia 157 92 98 88

South Asia 471 70 92 61

Latin America 29 94 98 76

Middle East 18 91 99 75

Transition economies & OECD 2 99.8 100.0 99.5

World 1,267 81.5 94.7 68.0

Table 1: Electricity access in 2010 - Regional aggregates

Population without electricity

millions

Electrification rate

%

Urban electri-fication rate

%

Rural electri-fication rate

%


Region

Sub-Saharan Africa 589 31.8 64.2 12.9Angola 11 40 63 8Benin 7 28 57 7Botswana 1.1 45 68 10Burkina Faso 13 15 28 10Cameroon 10 49 73 14Congo, Rep 2.4 37 54 10Cote d'Ivoire 9 59 85 32DR of Congo 58 15 37 4Eritrea 4 32 86 17Ethiopia 65 23 85 11Gabon 0.6 60 64 34Ghana 10 61 85 35Kenya 34 18 65 5Lesotho 1.7 17 43 7Madagascar 17 17 40 8Malawi 13 9 35 2Mauritius 0.01 99 100 99Mozambique 20 15 36 2Namibia 1.2 44 78 23Nigeria 79 50 78 23Senegal 6 54 83 32South Africa 12 76 88 56Sudan 28 36 48 28Tanzania 38 15 46 4Togo 5 28 54 8Uganda 29 9 46 3Zambia 11 19 48 2Zimbabwe 8 37 79 11Other Africa 96 13 35 4

North Africa 1 99.4 100 98.7

Algeria 0.2 99.3 100 98Egypt 0.3 99.6 100 99Libya 0.0 99.8 100 99Morocco 0.4 98.9 100 97Tunisia 0.1 99.5 100 99

Africa 590 42.9 72.1 23.6

Table 2: Electricity access in 2010 - Africa

Population without electricity

millions


%

Urbanelectrification

rate%

Ruralelectrification

rate%


Region

China & East Asia 157 92.1 97.6 87.5China 4 100 100 100Brunei Darussalam 0.0 100 100 99Cambodia 10 31 91 16Chinese Taipei 0.2 99 100 98DPR Korea 18 26 36 11East Timor 0.7 38 83 20Indonesia 63 73 94 56Laos 2.2 63 88 51Malaysia 0.2 99 100 98Mongolia 0.4 86 98 67Myanmar 26 49 89 28Philippines 16 83 94 73Singapore 0.0 100 100 100Thailand 8 88 98 82Vietnam 2.1 98 100 97Other Asia 8 29 68 15

South Asia 471 70.4 91.7 61.3Afghanistan 22 30 57 22Bangladesh 88 47 82 33India 293 75 94 67Nepal 7 76 97 72Pakistan 56 67 90 55Sri Lanka 5 77 86 75

Developing Asia 628 82.5 95.6 74.2

Table 3: Electricity access in 2010 - Developing Asia

Population without

electricity millions


%


rate%


rate%


Region

Argentina 1.1 97 100 68Bolivia 2.0 80 98 44Brazil 3 99 100 92Chile 0.1 99 100 96Colombia 1.2 97 99 91Costa Rica 0.0 99 100 98Cuba 0.3 97 100 88Dominican Republic 0.3 97 100 91Ecuador 1.1 92 100 77El Salvador 0.5 92 97 82Guatemala 3 80 91 70Haiti 8 20 37 2Honduras 1.5 80 99 60Jamaica 0.2 92 100 84Netherlands Antilles 0.0 100 100 99Nicaragua 1.6 72 95 41Panama 0.4 88 94 71Paraguay 0.2 97 100 94Peru 4 86 98 43Trinidad and Tobago 0.0 99 100 99Uruguay 0.0 99 100 90Venezuela 0.1 100 100 93Other Latin America 0.3 92 98 82

Latin America 29 93.9 98.4 75.9

Table 4: Electricity access in 2010 - Latin America

Population without



%


rate%


rate%


Region

Bahrain 0.0 99 100 95Iran 1.2 98 100 95Iraq 0.6 98 100 94Israel 0.0 100 100 96Jordan 0.0 99 100 99Kuwait 0.0 100 100 100Lebanon 0.0 100 100 99Oman 0.1 98 100 93Qatar 0.0 99 100 69Saudi Arabia 0.3 99 100 94Syria 1.6 93 100 84United Arab Emirates 0.0 100 100 100Yemen 15 40 75 23

Middle East 18 91.1 98.6 75.3

Table 5: Electricity access in 2010 - Middle East

Population without



%


rate%


rate%

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