The number of people without access to electricity worldwide has dropped by more than half between 2000 and 2025, amounting to 727 million in the latter year. The biggest decline was recorded in the developing Asian region, where the population without access to electricity declined by over 90 percent in the period. Meanwhile, this value increased in Sub-Saharan Africa, which accounted for 80 percent of the global total in 2025.
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