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Libya — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Libya, 2000–2024.
Latest value · 2024
77.40%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · -22.4% since 2000
Electricity access for Libya was 77.40% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 25 years, from 2000 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 99.80% in 2000. The lowest was 67.00% in 2018 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.05% per year.
Libya ranks 173 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 80%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 100.00%, so Libya sits below it. It peaked in 2000 and has fallen 22% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
77.40%
First (2000)
99.80%
Change
-22.4%
Highest
99.80%
in 2000
Lowest
67.00%
in 2018
Average
80.68%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.05%
Years of data
25
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 77.4% |
| 2023 | 73.2% |
| 2022 | 70% |
| 2021 | 70.2% |
| 2020 | 69.4% |
| 2019 | 68.5% |
| 2018 | 67% |
| 2017 | 70.6% |
| 2016 | 72.2% |
| 2015 | 73.8% |
| 2014 | 75.5% |
| 2013 | 77.1% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the population with access to electricity. Access means the household is connected to a source that provides a reliable supply. Figures are in % of population. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS — Access to Electricity (% of Population). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.