# Access to electricity in Kenya

Access to electricity in Kenya was 77% in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `access_to_electricity_share`
- Place id: `ke`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Share of the population with access to electricity. World Bank series for the Sustainable Development Goal 7.1.1 electrification indicator, based mainly on household surveys.
- Note: Based mainly on household surveys, so year-to-year changes can reflect new survey rounds rather than new connections.
- Source: World Bank, Access to electricity, % of population (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Access to electricity, % of population (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/access-to-electricity/kenya
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=access_to_electricity_share&place=ke

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 77 |
| 2023 | 76.2 |
| 2022 | 76 |
| 2021 | 76.5 |
| 2020 | 71.5 |
| 2019 | 69.7 |
| 2018 | 61.2 |
| 2017 | 55.8 |
| 2016 | 53.1 |
| 2015 | 41.6 |
| 2014 | 36 |
| 2013 | 40.1 |
| 2012 | 38.1 |
| 2011 | 36.2 |
| 2010 | 19.2 |
| 2009 | 23 |
| 2008 | 30.3 |
| 2007 | 28.3 |
| 2006 | 26.4 |
| 2005 | 24.5 |
| 2004 | 22.6 |
| 2003 | 16 |
| 2002 | 18.9 |
| 2001 | 17 |
| 2000 | 15.2 |
| 1999 | 13.2 |
| 1998 | 14.5 |
| 1997 | 9.3 |
| 1996 | 7.4 |
| 1995 | 5.4 |
| 1994 | 3.5 |
| 1993 | 10.9 |