Countries historical urban land area per access to electricity

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This scatter chart displays urban land area (km&sup2) against access to electricity (% of population). The data is from our countries entity.

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Access To Electricity: Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources. This metric is expressed in % of population.
Urban Land Area: Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons. This metric is expressed in km².

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This chart is based on data from: World Bank

Updated: 16 days ago

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