No Electricity Urban 2014

This map shows where urban population who have no electricity supplied to their homes live. Electricity access includes that sourced from a publicly used grid and self-generated electricity (possibly from solar, wind or hydroelectric sources). This map shows access, not the quantities of electricity used.

There are still more than 10 countries, where less than 50 per cent of their urban population has access to electricity in their own homes, in South Sudan and Liberia less than 20 per cent. In absolute numbers most people without access to electricity are living in Nigeria, more than 18 million, followed by the Democratic Republic of Kongo with 16 million people. Europe, Eastern Asia and North America disappearing from this map, with 100 per cent of Urban population having access to electricity.

Electricity in homes can be used to power lighting, heating, cooking, radios, televisions, computers, washing machines, and other appliances.