ALT An area chart shows the percentage of the world's population with access to electricity increasing from 71.5% in 1990 to 91.9% in 2024, a rise of 20.4 percentage points. The steadily rising blue area illustrates more than three decades of progress, with approximately 300,000 people gaining access to electricity every day. By 2024, more than nine in ten people worldwide had electricity access, although 8.1% remained without it. Source: World Bank.

ALT A grid of stacked column charts compares electric vehicle shares of new car sales worldwide in 2025. Globally, one in four new cars sold was electric or hybrid (25%). Norway leads at 97%, followed by Denmark at 71%, Nepal 68%, Iceland 62%, Sweden 61%, the Netherlands 58%, Finland 57%, China 53%, Belgium 44%, Vietnam 40% and Portugal 38%. Annual bars illustrate rising electric vehicle adoption between 2015 and 2025. Source: International Energy Agency.

ALT A horizontal bar chart ranks 35 countries generating 80% or more of their electricity from renewable sources. Luxembourg, Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Ethiopia, Iceland and Costa Rica lead at 100%. Norway generates 99%, Eswatini 97%, Malawi 96%, Kenya 91%, Denmark 90%, Brazil 88% and New Zealand 86%. Georgia, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are among those at 80%. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.