
137RENEWABLES 2014 GLOBAL STATUS REPORT TABLE R20. ELECTRICITY ACCESS BY REGION AND COUNTRY (continued) REGION/COUNTRY ELECTRIFICATION RATE PEOPLE WITHOUT ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY TARGET Share (%) of population with access (2011)1 Million (2011)1 Share (%) Sierra Leone 15.0 5 Singapore 100 0.0 South Africa 85.0 8.0 k 100% by 2019 South Sudan 1.0 k 100% by 2014 Sri Lanka 85.0 3.0 Sudan 29.0 25.0 Suriname 90.0 Syria 93.0 1.5 Tanzania 15.0 39.0 Thailand 99 1 Timor Leste 22.0 0.9 Togo 27.0 5.0 Trinidad and Tobago 99.0 0.0 Tunisia 99.5 0.1 Uganda 15.0 30.0 United Arab Emirates 100 0.0 Uruguay 99.0 0.0 Venezuela 99.9 0.1 Vietnam 96.0 4.0 Yemen 40.0 14.9 Zambia 22.0 11.0 Zimbabwe 37.0 8.0 k 51% (rural) k 90% (urban) k 66% (national) by 2030 Note: Rates and targets are national unless otherwise specified. For other targets that relate to off-grid and rural electrification, see Reference Table R15. 1 All data are for 2011 with the exception of China, Ghana, and South Africa, which reflect 2013 data. 2 Developing Asia is divided as follows: China and East Asia includes Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam, and other Asian countries; South Asia includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. 3 For the Federated States of Micronesia, rural electrification rate is defined by electrification of all islands outside of the four that host the state capital (which is considered urban). 4 The Palestinian Territories’ rate is defined by number of villages connected to the national electricity grid. Source: See Endnote 20 for this section.