Figure 4
A two line graph showing access to electricity and personal remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1990 to 2022. The x axis represents the years from 1990 to 2022. The left y axis represents the percentage of the population with access to electricity, ranging from 0 to 60 percentage. The right y axis represents the percentage of GDP from personal remittances, ranging from 0 to 3 percentage. The orange line represents access to electricity, showing a steady increase from around 15 percentage in 1990 to approximately 50 percentage in 2022. The blue line represents personal remittances as a percentage of GDP, which also shows an upward trend from around 0.5 percentage in 1990 to about 2.5 percentage in 2022. Both lines exhibit fluctuations and error bars indicating variability in the data. All values are approximated.Scatter plots of personal remittances and access to electricity in SSA (1990–2022). Source: Own graph using data from World Development Indicators (WDI) (2024)