The report has found that about 675 million people live without electricity worldwide, with 80 per cent of those without access to power — 567 million in 2021 — living in sub-Saharan Africa.
The research was published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO).
The investigation's findings concluded that the world is not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7, which aims to ensure access to clean, affordable energy for all by 2030.
Although global access to electricity increased from 84 per cent in 2010 to 91 per cent in 2021, from 2019 onwards the world has seen "a recent slowdown in the global pace of electrification," said World Bank vice president for infrastructure Guangzhe Chen.
The report said that at current rates, 660 million people are projected to be without...