Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Kenya
Kenya: Number of people without access to electricity, per capita was 0.23 people per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Kenya, 2000–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per person.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 0.23 people per person for number of people without access to electricity, per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 64.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Kenya peaked at 0.848 people per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.23 people per person, in 2024.
Kenya ranks 42nd of 214 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Kenya, year by year
| Year | people per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.848 people per person | — |
| 2001 | 0.83 people per person | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.811 people per person | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.84 people per person | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 0.774 people per person | -7.9% |
| 2005 | 0.755 people per person | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.736 people per person | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.717 people per person | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.697 people per person | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 0.77 people per person | +10.5% |
| 2010 | 0.808 people per person | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 0.638 people per person | -21.0% |
| 2012 | 0.619 people per person | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.599 people per person | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 0.64 people per person | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 0.584 people per person | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 0.469 people per person | -19.7% |
| 2017 | 0.442 people per person | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 0.388 people per person | -12.2% |
| 2019 | 0.303 people per person | -21.9% |
| 2020 | 0.285 people per person | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 0.235 people per person | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 0.24 people per person | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 0.238 people per person | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.23 people per person | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7778 people per person | 0.697 people per person | 0.848 people per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.549 people per person | 0.303 people per person | 0.808 people per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2456 people per person | 0.23 people per person | 0.285 people per person | 5 |
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- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 23.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Kenya?
- Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Kenya was 0.23 people per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.848 people per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.23 people per person in 2024.
- How does Kenya rank for number of people without access to electricity, per capita?
- Kenya ranks 42nd out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of people without access to electricity, per capita rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of people without access to electricity, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Number of people without access to electricity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of people without access to electricity ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of people without access to electricity Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Number of people without access to electricity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.