Working reference · table 1
Electricity access tiers
Minimum power, daily energy, availability, typical household services and annual demand.
| Tier | Minimum power | Minimum energy/day | Minimum availability | Typical household services | IRENA annual demand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | <3 W / <12 Wh/day | — | <4 h/day | Essentially none | — |
| 1 | 3 W | 12 Wh | 4 h/day, 1 h evening | Task light, phone charging/radio | >4.3 kWh/yr |
| 2 | 50 W | 200 Wh | 4 h/day, 2 h evening | General lighting, phone, TV, fan | >73 kWh/yr |
| 3 | 200 W | 1.0 kWh | 8 h/day, 3 h evening | Tier 2 plus medium-power appliances | >365 kWh/yr |
| 4 | 800 W | 3.4 kWh | 16 h/day, 4 h evening | High-power appliances | >1,241 kWh/yr |
| 5 | 2 kW | 8.2 kWh | 23 h/day, 4 h evening | Very-high-power appliances; essentially modern household service | >2,993 kWh/yr |
Transcribed from the project working document IRENA Electricity Tiers. Figures are preserved as working values rather than presented here as independently verified statistics.