Regional Access to Electricity (2009) A double bar graph comparing Urban and Rural Percentage of Population with access to electricity. Urban and Rural access in North Africa are both near 100 percent. Urban is at 60 percent and rural at less than 20 percent in Sub-Saharan Africa. Urban is almost 100 percent and Rural is just over 80 percent in China. Urban is at 90 percent and Rural is at 60 percent in South Asia In which region do the most people have access to electricity? In which region do most people lack access to electricity? In general, those who live in areas have a better chance of having electricity than those who do not.