Our World in Data · OWID.ELECTRICITY

Share of the population with access to electricity

Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.

Unweighted average of the 54 countries reporting in 2024

61.9% of population

+32% on 2014. Country values run from 5.4 to 100 % of population. An average of country values, not a regional total.

Countries covered: 54
Years: 1990–2024
Observations: 1,561
Source: Our World in Data

Countries

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Years

1990 – 2024 · 35 years

Annual values by country, 1990 to 2024

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Mauritius
Nigeria
Sudan

3 countries · 35 years · 1,561 values in the snapshot

Data tablevalues in % of population

Share of the population with access to electricity by country, 1990 to 2024
Country	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Mauritius MU	99	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.2	99.2	99.2	99.2	99.2	99.3	99	99.2	99.4	99.1	99	99	99	99	99	99	99.4	99.6	99.4	99.4	99.5	99.6	99.7	99.6	99.8	100	99.5	99.6	100	100	100
Nigeria NG	27.3	35.2	36.1	37	37.8	38.7	39.6	40.4	41.3	44.9	43.2	43.9	44.6	52.2	46.1	46.8	47.6	50.1	50.3	50	48	55.9	53	55.6	54.2	52.5	59.3	54.4	56.5	55.4	55.4	59.5	60.5	61.2	62.5
Sudan SD	32.8	26.9	27.4	27.9	28.4	28.9	29.4	29.8	30.3	30.8	23	29.4	29.7	29.9	30.2	30.5	30.8	31.1	20	29	36	38.3	40.7	43.1	44.9	48	50.5	53	55.3	57.6	59.7	61.8	63.2	66	66

Source and notes

Indicator code: OWID.ELECTRICITY
Unit: % of population
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Collection: Our World in Data

Values as published by Our World in Data: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank. Coverage is the countries and years held in this snapshot, not the full extent of the series at source. Check at ourworldindata.org.

Share of the population with access to electricity