Figure 5
The image contains one vertical bar graph and one line graph. The bar graph shows access to electricity in rural and urban areas as a percentage of the population, while the line graph shows personal remittances received as a percentage of GDP. The horizontal axis represents the years from 1990 to 2022. The left vertical axis represents the percentage of the population with access to electricity, ranging from 0 to 90 percent. The right vertical axis represents the percentage of GDP from personal remittances, ranging from 0 to 3 percent. The bar graph uses two colors: orange for rural access and gray for urban access. The line graph uses blue dots connected by lines. The data shows that urban access to electricity has consistently been higher than rural access throughout the years. Personal remittances as a percentage of GDP have generally increased over time, with notable peaks around 2005 and 2018.Scatter plot and bar chart of remittances, urban and rural access to electricity in SSA (1990–2022). Source: Own graph using data from World Development Indicators (WDI) (2024)