Energy has become the main driver for development as industries grow, agricultural sectors become more modernize, economies boom and countries become wealthy. That notwithstanding, there are still vast majority of people living under the poverty line especially in the developing countries including Ghana. This study was intended to find out how energy use, electricity access and consumption have impacted on poverty reduction and some selected world development indicators generally and vis a vis Ghana. The study used the world development indicators data from the World Bank and where the data was not available, other data sources were used for the 16 West African countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICs) and 10 selected European countries with some World Bank categorizations. A regression analysis was used in the data analysis when energy use. The results revealed the significant impact energy use generally has on the world development indicators. It was concluded that to reduce poverty in all forms, energy must be at the center of development policy planning in both developing countries and Ghana