2% of Saudi households use solar energy: GASTAT

2% of Saudi households use solar energy: GASTAT
The majority of houses, some 99.33 percent, are connected to the public electricity network (Getty)
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Updated 07 April 2022
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2% of Saudi households use solar energy: GASTAT

2% of Saudi households use solar energy: GASTAT

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s population benefiting from electricity services reached 100 percent through various electricity sources, according to Household Energy Statistics compiled by the General Authority for Statistics.

The statistics also revealed that around 2.02 percent of households across the Kingdom use solar energy in their houses. 

The majority of houses, some 99.33 percent, are connected to the public electricity network, while 0.55 percent are connected to private networks and 0.11 percent use private generators.

The remaining 0.01 percent of houses use other sources of electricity.