Access to electricity as a share of population rose 1.38% to 73.8% in Yemen in 2020, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, access to electricity as a share of population in Yemen reached an all time high of 79.2% in 2017 and an all time low of 36.0% in 1990. When compared to Yemen's main peers, access to electricity as a share of population in Djibouti amounted to 61.8%, 52.2% in Eritrea, 100% in Oman and 100% in Saudi Arabia in 2020.
Yemen has been ranked 132nd within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of access to electricity as a share of population, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Access to Electricity (As % of Population) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Djibouti | % | 56.6% | 57.6% | 58.7% | 60.2% | 60.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 44.8% | 46.0% | 47.2% | 48.5% | 49.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 27.2% | 29.0% | 42.9% | 44.3% | 44.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 100% | 100.0% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 99.1% | 99.3% | 99.6% | 99.9% | 99.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 99.7% | 99.9% | 100.0% | 100% | 99.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 100% | 100% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 51.3% | 51.1% | 51.1% | 52.1% | 50.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 44.9% | 46.9% | 48.8% | 50.8% | 52.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 66.1% | 67.3% | 68.9% | 79.2% | 62.0% |
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