Relationship between rural land area and access to electricity over time in the United States

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This scatter chart displays rural land area (km²) against access to electricity (% of population). The data is from the countries entity and is filtered where the country is the United States.

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There are 3 fields used on this chart (including filters):
  • country: Name of country.
  • rural land area: Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons. This field is expressed in km².
  • access to electricity: Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources. This field is expressed in % of population.

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This chart is based on data from: World Bank

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