Cameroon vs Rwanda: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 72% in Cameroon and 72% in Rwanda, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 both had 72%.

% of people · World Bank

CameroonRwandaWorld

What the numbers say

% of people · World Bank

Year	Cameroon	Rwanda	World
2024	72	72	91.9
2023	72	63.9	91.6
2022	71	50.6	91.3
2021	65.4	48.7	91.3
2020	64.3	45.2	90.4
2019	63.2	46.6	90.1
2018	62.2	38	89.8
2017	60.9	34.1	88.9
2016	59.8	29.4	88.1
2015	58.6	22.8	86.9
2014	56.8	19.8	86.2
2013	56.3	15.2	85.7
2012	55.2	17.5	84.9
2011	53.7	10.8	84.5
2010	52.8	9.7	83.5
2009	51.7	15.6	82.9
2008	50.6	6	82.7
2007	48.2	12.8	82
2006	49	11.4	81.4
2005	47.2	4.8	80.7
2004	47.1	8.7	80
2003	45.1	7.4	80
2002	44	6	79.1
2001	46.2	4.7	78.7
2000	41	6.2	78.2
1999	40.7	3.3	74.5
1998	40.7	2.2	73.2
1997	38.4	1	–
1996	37.3	–	–
1995	36.2	–	–
1994	35	–	–
1993	33.9	–	–
1992	32.7	2.3	–
1991	29	–	–

The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time