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Credits and sourcesElectricity access varies.
The development: 16 / 16 countries · 2024
What the evidence says: Color encodes access rate, not policy success or cause.
Question to watch: Which countries share an access band?
Electricity access: two extremes.
The development: Niger 21.3% · Cabo Verde 98.4%
What the evidence says: 77.1 percentage-point range · 2024
Question to watch: What might explain the range without assuming a cause?
A national rate is not a local map.
The development: This figure describes the share of people with electricity access nationally. It cannot show which neighborhood or household is left out.
What the evidence says: Color encodes access rate, not policy success or cause.
Question to watch: What local evidence would test this national pattern?
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