IEA: Number of People in Sub-Saharan Africa Without Electricity to Grow in 2022

The number of people around the world who live without electricity has dropped significantly from 1.2 billion to 759 million over the past decade, with Sub-Saharan Africa accounting for more than 75% of this amount. However, this trend is set to buck in 2022 amid socioeconomic shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.