As of April 2017, the MTF survey data in Ethiopia shows that 33.1% of households have grid access, while 23.9% have access through off-grid solutions. Using the MTF definition of access, 44.3% of households nationwide are in Tier 1 or above for access to electricity. There is a wide disparity in the access rates between rural and urban households – 28.2% of rural households have Tier 1 or above for access to electricity, while 96.5% of urban households have the same level of access.
To learn more about energy access in Ethiopia, download MTF’s Country Diagnostic Report, here.
According to the MTF survey data, as of 2017, 63.3% of Ethiopian households use a three-stone stove as their primary stove, 13.6% use a self-built stove, 18.2% use a manufactured biomass stove, and 4.1% use a clean fuel stove with electricity. Using the MTF definition, most of the households in Ethiopia are in MTF Tiers 0-3 (98.5 %) and only 1.5 % of the households are in Tier 4 or above. A larger share of households in urban areas are in Tier 4 or above (5.1%) as compared to households in rural areas (0.4%).
To learn more about energy access in Ethiopia, download MTF’s Country Diagnostic Report, here.