Electricity at Home in Lebanon: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

At MYRIAD, we look at the statistics of human lives to understand the physical reality of a place. For electricity at home in Lebanon, the story across three centuries is measured by the steady illumination of domestic spaces. This metric tracks the gradual arrival of light into the daily routines of families, shifting the boundary between night and day. Every percentage point represents millions of individual moments, from the flickering glow of early oil lamps to the reliable hum of modern appliances powering ordinary households.

The long arc of this transition spans generations of profound technological change. In the 1800s estimate, the share stood at 0. By the 1900s estimate, it had reached only 0.5 %. The pace quickened through the middle decades, rising past 20 in the 1950s, 55 in the 1980s, and 85 in the 2000s. In the 2020s, electricity at home in Lebanon stands at 96 % — ranking #102 of 157 countries. Projections for the coming decades anticipate universal access, with the 2030s projection, 2040s projection, 2050s projection, 2060s projection, 2070s projection, 2080s projection, 2090s projection, and 2100s projection all holding at 100.

If you were born during the earlier epochs of this timeline, your home life unfolded entirely in the shadow of darkness, dictated by the setting sun. Later generations experienced a steadily brightening domestic landscape, culminating in near-total electrification today. These changing numbers describe how physical infrastructure slowly reshaped the fundamental boundaries of human existence over three hundred years. Keep exploring where do YOU rank among everyone ever born? →