Access to electricity as a share of population fell 0.467% to 51.8% in Djibouti in 2016, according to World Bank / EIA.
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 143rd within the group of 178 countries we follow in terms of access to electricity as a share of population, 16 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Access to Electricity (As % of Population) | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Djibouti | % | 54.6% | 56.1% | 56.4% | 57.5% | 58.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 42.0% | 43.2% | 44.5% | 45.7% | 47.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 35.0% | 36.0% | 27.2% | 29.0% | 42.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 40.8% | 43.0% | 36.0% | 41.6% | 65.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 24.4% | 26.1% | 27.9% | 29.7% | 31.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 42.3% | 43.3% | 44.9% | 49.4% | 53.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 73.0% | 75.6% | 66.1% | 71.2% | 70.9% |
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