Population with access to electricity data tracks the percentage of people with basic power for light, phone, or radio for at least four hours per day. The dataset covers a 33-year period from 1990 to 2023. The original source and author are not specified.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in the 'access to electricity' percentage over the 1990-2023 time range to forecast future energy needs.
- Correlate electricity access levels with other country-level socioeconomic indicators to measure development impact.
- Identify countries or regions where the 'access to electricity' metric has stagnated or declined to target policy interventions.
- Benchmark national performance against regional or global averages using the annual 'access to electricity' values.
Strengths
- Provides a 33-year time series from 1990 to 2023 for longitudinal analysis.
- Focuses on a standardized metric for basic electricity access, enabling cross-country comparison.
Limitations
- The specific row count, column details, and geographic coverage are unknown, limiting assessment of completeness.
- Data freshness is unclear as the last update date is not provided.
Provenance
- Source
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- Collection Method
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- Time Range
- 1990-2023
- Freshness
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- Geography
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