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World Vitals / Electricity access and demand

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Follow access to electricity and global electricity demand signals from World Bank and IEA sources.

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Energy pages are designed to grow into country comparisons, demand charts, and source snapshots.

Every chart below is backed by the World Vitals metric registry. Live-looking values are marked as estimated rates; annual and snapshot values keep their source year visible.

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Energylatest annual

Access to electricity

91.6%

World Bank estimate of the share of the global population with access to electricity.

World Bank / 2023
Energylatest annual

Electricity demand growth

2.2%

IEA reported global electricity demand growth for 2023, with higher growth forecast through 2026.

International Energy Agency / 2023

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