People gaining basic electricity access via solar home systems

RecordSTO-R0JN3J1MWB-85ZH8TBVDV-J3S98S

nearly70 million
forecast

Global · 2017–2022

IEA projected people gaining basic electricity access via solar home systems worldwide at nearly 70 million in 2017–2022.

Original source

People gaining basic electricity access via solar home systems: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Developing Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Over the next five years, SHSs – the most dynamic sector in the off-grid segment – are forecast to bring basic electricity services to almost 70 million more people in Asia and sub Saharan Africa.

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APA

International Energy Agency. (2022). Market Report Series: Renewables 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_R0JN3J1MWB85ZH8TBVDVJ3S98S

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MLA
International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2017." 2022, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_R0JN3J1MWB85ZH8TBVDVJ3S98S.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2017." 2022. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_R0JN3J1MWB85ZH8TBVDVJ3S98S.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2022peoplej3s98s, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Market Report Series: Renewables 2017}, year = {2022}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_R0JN3J1MWB85ZH8TBVDVJ3S98S}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Market Report Series: Renewables 2017
Type
Report
Published
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Locator
Developing Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
CC by 4.0

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_R0JN3J1MWB85ZH8TBVDVJ3S98S