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Access to electricity

Share of population with access to electricity. While Poland, Germany, and the US stand at 100%, global access increased from 73% to 92%.

100%Poland · 2024

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-07-13
energy
Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-15, ID 21f04e21a4cdWarehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • Poland: 1990–2024; observations: 35; missing years: 0

Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.

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35 rows for Poland

Time range:
99.899.899.999.9100.0100.019902000201020202024100.0
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Poland

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Poland

100.0→100.0

Total change
0.0 pp
Period
1990–2024

Poland: 100.0 (1990) → 100.0 (2024). Difference: 0.0 pp. Peak value of 100.0 in 1990; lowest value of 99.8 in 2005.

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Access to electricity — Poland
YearCountryValue
2024Poland100%
2023Poland100%
2022Poland100%
2021Poland100%
2020Poland100%
2019Poland100%
2018Poland100%
2017Poland100%
2016Poland100%
2015Poland100%
2014Poland100%
2013Poland100%
2012Poland100%
2011Poland100%
2010Poland100%
2009Poland100%
2008Poland99.8%
2007Poland99.8%
2006Poland99.8%
2005Poland99.8%
Source
World Bank Open Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Published by source
2026-07-13
Retrieved
2026-09-15
Indicator code in source
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS
Unit of measure
percent
Data version
v45

Cite

Longseries, “Access to electricity”. World Bank Open Data (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS), 1990–2024, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: 21f04e21a4cd5ab077801fe564188ef72bdd46f4d21e6886ba1d862a7e16d796. https://longseries.com/en/d/electricity-access/

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Latest values

Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2024: highest — Poland, Germany, United States, France, United Kingdom, Czechia, Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Japan, China; lowest — Brazil

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15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearUnited States2024100%100%
Highest value in the comparable yearSweden2024100%100%
Highest value in the comparable yearPoland2024100%100%
Highest value in the comparable yearNetherlands2024100%100%
Highest value in the comparable yearJapan2024100%100%
Highest value in the comparable yearItaly2024100%100%
Highest value in the comparable yearUnited Kingdom2024100%100%
Highest value in the comparable yearFrance2024100%100%
Remaining locations (7)

    About this series

    Share of people with electricity, from 1990. PL/DE/US are flat at 100%.

    Indicator definition

    Share of the population with access to electricity from the World Bank.

    How to read the data

    Global access to electricity increased from 73% to 92%, whereas in Poland, Germany, and the US coverage has stood at 100% for decades. Energy mix: Renewable energy; digital connectivity: Internet users.

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