Chart assignment
Charts to read and discuss
Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.
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What share of people have electricity in each country?
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In 2024, 99.9% of people in India had electricity. Of 215 countries and territories, South Sudan was lowest at 5.4%, then Chad (13.4%) and Malawi (15.6%); almost all the countries where fewer than half of people have electricity are in Africa south of the Sahara. Many figures are estimates from household surveys.
Questions to discuss
- In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
- Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
- Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Access to electricity (% of population) (CC BY 4.0 (credit the World Bank)) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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