Rural Electricity Access Percentage by Country

A dataset measuring the percentage of rural populations with access to electricity, compiled by Sustainable Energy for All. It provides a key indicator for tracking progress towards global sustainable energy goals. The specific temporal coverage and geographic scope are not detailed in the provided information.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in the 'Access to electricity (% of rural population)' metric over time for specific countries.
• Compare rural electrification rates between different nations or regions using the reported percentage values.
• Model the relationship between rural electricity access and other socio-economic development indicators.
• Benchmark national performance against global or regional averages for rural energy access.

Strengths

• Provides a standardized metric ('% of rural population') for cross-country comparison.
• Compiled by Sustainable Energy for All, a major global initiative.

Limitations

• The dataset's row count, time range, and specific country coverage are unknown.
• Data granularity (e.g., sub-national) and update frequency are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

World Bank, aggregated by Sustainable Energy for All.

Collection Method

Compilation of national statistics and survey data.

Geography

Global, country-level (specific countries unknown).