Access to electricity as a share of population reached 51.8 % in 2016 in Djibouti, according to World Bank / EIA. This is 0.467 % less than in the previous year.
Historically, access to electricity as a share of population in Djibouti reached an all time high of 62.0 % in 1996 and an all time low of 49.7 % in 2002. When compared to Djibouti's main peers, access to electricity as a share of population in Eritrea amounted to 46.7 %, 42.9 % in Ethiopia, 29.9 % in Somalia and 71.6 % in Yemen in 2016.
Djibouti has been ranked 145th within the group of 180 countries we follow in terms of access to electricity as a share of population, 16 places behind the position seen 10 years ago.
Access to electricity is the percentage of the population with access to electricity.
| Access to Electricity (As % of Population) | Unit | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Djibouti | % | 53.3% | 53.0% | 54.6% | 52.5% | 52.3% | ||||
| Eritrea | % | 39.7% | 40.9% | 42.0% | 43.2% | 44.3% | ||||
| Ethiopia | % | 25.0% | 23.0% | 28.4% | 30.0% | 27.2% | ||||
| Kenya | % | 19.2% | 29.0% | 30.3% | 31.6% | 36.0% | ||||
| Oman | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||||
| Somalia | % | 20.4% | 21.9% | 23.5% | 25.1% | 26.7% | ||||
| Sudan | % | 35.5% | 36.0% | 36.5% | 37.0% | 44.9% | ||||
| Yemen | % | 63.1% | 64.5% | 65.9% | 75.6% | 66.1% |
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