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This annex provides a comparative analysis of electrification data for 20 countries with the largest electricity access deficits, triangulating government reports, household surveys, utility data, and industry sales to identify trends and socioeconomic patterns of access.

• In Bangladesh, there is a significant discrepancy between the electrification rate reported by the 2016 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) at 75.9% and the estimated grid connection rate of 57.1%. This gap is partially attributed to off-grid solar solutions, with 11.6% of the population relying on solar home systems (Tier 1 and above) in 2016.
• In Ethiopia, a high rate of shared metered connections leads to a discrepancy between utility data and household surveys. While the Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) estimated a formal grid connection rate of 10.5% in 2017, the MTF survey reported a grid connection rate of 29.0% because many households share a single connection to avoid high charges.
• In Nigeria, there is a substantial gap between the 59.3% electrification rate reported by the 2016 LSMS household survey and the combined formal and informal grid connection rate of 26.5%. This is largely attributed to self-supply via diesel generation, which provides access to an additional 5.2% of the population.
• In Myanmar, the gap between the formal grid connection rate (estimated at 32.6% in 2016) and the household survey access rate (60.5% in 2015) is explained by the rapid growth of off-grid solutions, with 28% of the population relying on solar home systems and mini-grids.
• Across most analyzed countries, household consumption (wealth) is a stronger driver of electricity access disparity than gender. For example, in Burkina Faso, access rates improve by more than 38 times from the bottom to the top consumption quintile, while gender-disaggregated rates show similar levels of access for female- and male-headed households.
• In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the disparity in access based on wealth is exceptionally steep, with access rates improving by more than 60 times from the bottom quintile to the top quintile.
• In Pakistan, the formal grid connection rate was estimated at 82.4% in 2016, with an additional 1.7% of the population estimated to have informal access, primarily through shared metered connections.
• In Tanzania, the access rate for the top consumption quintile is 19 times that of the bottom quintile, a disparity described as more significant than the average for other large access deficit countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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