Vanuatu has the greatest penetration of solar lighting systems of any country worldwide. In 2018, an estimated 99 percent of the population were connected to off-grid solar supply. This was far more than the second ranked country - Kenya, with an estimated 21.5 percent.
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Statista. (May 14, 2020). Share of population connected to off-grid solar supply worldwide by country in 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/610584/global-off-grid-solar-penetration-by-country/
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Statista. (2020). Share of population connected to off-grid solar supply worldwide by country in 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/610584/global-off-grid-solar-penetration-by-country/
Statista. "Share of Population Connected to Off-grid Solar Supply Worldwide by Country in 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/610584/global-off-grid-solar-penetration-by-country/
Statista, Share of population connected to off-grid solar supply worldwide by country in 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/610584/global-off-grid-solar-penetration-by-country/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Share of population connected to off-grid solar supply worldwide by country in 2018 [Graph], Statista, May 14, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/610584/global-off-grid-solar-penetration-by-country/