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Table 35: Percentage of Population without access to Electricity 2010-2016
2010 16.5%
2011 17.5%

2012 14.9%
2013 14.8%
2014 14.3%
2015 12.9%
2016 12.6%

Figure 96: Access to Electricity 2010-2016

Table 36: Access to Electricity by Regions 2010 and 2016
Region 2010 2016

Number of People Number of People
without access % of Total without access % of Total
(million) Population (million) Population
East Asia and 99.4 4.5% 70.9 3.1%
Pacific

Latin America and 24.4 4.1% 14.0 2.2%
Caribbean
Middle east and 15.6 4% 8.6 2%
North Africa
South Asia 405.8 24.9% 254.9 14.3%
Sub Saharan
Africa 591.3 67.4% 591.0 57.2%
Source for above data: https://ourworldindata.org/energy-access
2010
• The Stiftung Solarenergie (The Solar Energy Foundation) commences publication of the e-news titled
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