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GDL Area Database (3.6.0)

Free Sub-National Development Indicators

133 indicators, 129 countries, 1461 sub-national regions
36.8 million persons, 8.3 million households
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% households with electricity

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
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Total 18.0 17.1 16.2 15.3 14.4 13.5 12.6 12.9 13.2 13.5 13.8 14.2 14.5
Urban 30.3 32.4 34.5 36.7 38.8 40.9 43.0 42.6 42.3 42.0 41.7 41.3 41.0
Rural 1.39 1.28 1.18 1.07 0.96 0.86 0.75 0.63 0.51 0.39 0.27 0.15 0.03
Poor 8.05 7.52 7.00 6.47 5.94 5.42 4.89 4.83 4.78 4.72 4.66 4.61 4.55
Nonpoor 99.1 97.9 96.7 95.5 94.3 93.1 91.9 92.1 92.4 92.7 93.0 93.3 93.5
Lowest 25% 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02
Second 25% 0.78 0.68 0.58 0.48 0.38 0.28 0.18 0.15 0.11 0.08 0.06 0.03 0.01
Third 25% 3.68 3.22 2.77 2.31 1.85 1.40 0.94 1.06 1.18 1.30 1.42 1.54 1.66
Highest 25% 67.5 64.5 61.4 58.4 55.3 52.3 49.2 50.4 51.6 52.7 53.9 55.1 56.2
Bandundu 0.06 0.09 0.11 0.14 0.17 0.19 0.22 0.33 0.43 0.54 0.65 0.75 0.86
Bas-Congo 20.0 18.4 16.8 15.2 13.5 11.9 10.3 11.4 12.5 13.6 14.6 15.7 16.8
Equateur 0.01 0.08 0.14 0.21 0.60 0.98 1.37 1.53 1.70 1.86 2.02 2.19 2.35
Kasai Occidental 1.88 1.62 1.36 1.10 0.84 0.58 0.32 0.45 0.57 0.70 0.83 0.95 1.08
Kasai Oriental 2.18 2.15 2.12 2.09 2.06 2.03 2.00 1.64 1.28 0.92 0.62 0.31 0.01
Katanga 38.5 33.9 29.2 24.6 20.0 15.3 10.7 15.9 21.1 26.4 31.6 36.9 42.1
Kinshasa 88.2 86.2 84.1 82.1 80.1 78.1 76.1 80.7 85.3 90.0 93.3 96.6 99.9
Maniema 15.7 14.3 12.9 11.5 10.1 8.67 7.27 7.84 8.40 8.97 9.54 10.1 10.7
Nord-Kivu 1.04 1.58 2.11 2.65 3.19 3.72 4.26 5.74 7.23 8.71 10.2 11.7 13.2
Orientale 5.89 5.47 5.04 4.62 4.20 3.77 3.35 4.28 5.22 6.15 7.08 8.02 8.95
Sud-Kivu 27.3 24.7 22.0 19.3 16.7 14.0 11.3 9.62 7.92 6.22 4.52 2.82 1.12