670 million people will remain without electricity by 2030

Stronger policy support and more private capital mobilization are needed for renewable energy projects (Illustration)

As of 2020, 733 million people worldwide do not have access to electricity, and 2.4 billion people continue to cook with damage to health and the environment's fuels. At the present rate, it is estimated that by 2030, 670 million people will be unserved.

The following metric is from the Tracking SDG 7 - The Energy Progress Report 2022, which was co-conducted by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO).