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Affordable and clean energy - Goal 7

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Indicator 7.1.1: Proportion of population with access to electricity

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Proportion of occupied housing units in metropolitan areas with access to electricity

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Year Value
2001 99.936
2003 99.9197
2005 99.9421
2007 99.9902
2009 99.9843
2011 99.9867
2013 99.9829
2015 99.8808
2017 99.94194148

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from US statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from US statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other US-specific metadata information.

Actual indicator available Proportion of occupied housing units in metropolitan areas with access to electricity
Actual indicator available - description Percentage of households indicating that they use electricity in the national sample of the American Housing Survey.
Date of national source publication April 2019
Method of computation
Periodicity Every two years.
Scheduled update by national source October 2020
U.S. method of computation Weighted Frequency of sample units answering 'yes' to whether the household uses electricity (variable USELECT), divided by total households. Weight is AHS variable WGT90GEO. Filtered on households in metropolitan areas (AHS variable METRO3 in '1','2','4','9')
Comments and limitations
Date metadata updated May 2019
Disaggregation geography
Unit of measurement Percent of households
Disaggregation categories
International and national references
Time period 2001-2017
Scheduled update by SDG team

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name Proportion of population with access to electricity
Target name By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services.
Global indicator description The percentage of the population that has access to electricity, based on national household surveys. Given the low frequency and the regional distribution of some surveys, a number of countries have gaps in available data. To develop the historical evolution and starting point of electrification rates, a simple modeling approach was adopted to fill in the missing data points - around 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2012. This modeling approach allowed the estimation of electrification rates for 212 countries over these time periods. The SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework Report (2013) referenced below provides more details on the suggested methodology for tracking access to energy (Chapter 2, Section 1, page 82-87).
UN designated tier 1
UN custodial agency World Bank (Partnering Agencies: IEA, UN Energy)
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Organisation PDR/HUD/American Housing Survey
Agency Staff Name David Vandenbroucke
Agency Survey Dataset PDR/HUD/American Housing Survey
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