What we count
People living without an electricity connection that meets the basic household service threshold.
People without access to electricity
How many people still lack basic access to electricity according to the joint global SDG 7 assessment.
Published value
WORLDRelated numbers in context
2,000,000,000people relying on polluting cooking fuels
51,282,831electricity generated today
17,272,740renewable electricity generated today
What lies behind this number
People living without an electricity connection that meets the basic household service threshold.
How the source derives it
The source combines national energy balances, reported production, reserves and other official energy statistics.
What one number cannot show
Access alone does not show whether electricity is reliable, affordable or sufficient for all household needs.
Source value
The displayed value is the latest global figure reported by Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2026 for 2024.
How the value is used: The value remains unchanged until a new aggregate figure is published.
Published value655,000,000people
- Period
- 2024
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2026
How the number is calculated
We display the latest published global figure without a time-based calculation.
Formula used
V = latest published valueReference value655,000,0002024
Data typeunchangedwithout time calculation
DisplaypublishedTracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2026
Source value
Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2026 reports the latest published figure used on this page for 2024.
Value period
We display the latest published global figure without a time-based calculation.
Display
The published value is shown without moving final digits.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2026 and refers to 2024. It is the latest figure published by this source. The source combines national energy balances, reported production, reserves and other official energy statistics.
Latest published and verified source value
- Publisher
- Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2026
- Data period
- 2024
- Verified
- 13 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Direct display of the latest figure