Who's in the dark__satellite based estimates of electrification rates - Urban Remote Sensing: Monitoring, Synthesis and Modeling in the Urban Environment - page 210

IEA Reported Electrification Rates

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FIGURE 15.6 Electrification rates published by the IEA for year 2005.

Electrification Rates

Based on DMSP-OLS Nighttime Lights Data

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FIGURE 15.7 DMSP estimated electrification rates for primary subnational units (states and provinces) for year 2006.

Percent Access to Electricity

100

China

Thailand

90

80 y = 1.073 x − 9.9725

R 2 = 0.818

70

60

50

India

40

30

China

20

Congo

10

0

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

DMSP Estimated

FIGURE 15.8 DMSP versus IEA estimates of national electrification rates.