The global number of people without electricity has massively decreased and overall halved in all of the regions of the world except for Sub-Saharan Africa since 2000

Important context from the study: That doesn’t mean no progress has been made: the share of people in Sub-Saharan Africa with electricity has doubled, rising from 26% to 53%. But population growth has outpaced this expansion, meaning the number of people without electricity has still risen. subm