| Table 1: Electricity access in 2008 - Regional aggregates | |||||
| Population without electricity
millions |
Electrification rate % |
Urban electrification rate % |
Rural electrification rate % |
||
| Africa | 589 | 40.0 | 66.8 | 22.7 | |
| North Africa | 2 | 98.9 | 99.6 | 98.2 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 587 | 28.5 | 57.5 | 11.9 | |
| Developing Asia | 809 | 77.2 | 93.5 | 67.2 | |
| China & East Asia | 195 | 90.2 | 96.2 | 85.5 | |
| South Asia | 614 | 60.2 | 88.4 | 48.4 | |
| Latin America | 34 | 92.7 | 98.7 | 70.2 | |
| Middle East | 21 | 89.1 | 98.5 | 70.6 | |
| Developing countries | 1,453 | 72.0 | 90.0 | 58.4 | |
| Transition economies & OECD | 3 | 99.8 | 100.0 | 99.5 | |
| World | 1,456 | 78.2 | 93.4 | 63.2 | |