Gabon vs Congo - Brazzaville: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 95.1% in Gabon and 53% in Congo - Brazzaville, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Gabon, by 42.1 percentage points, or 1.79 times that in Congo - Brazzaville.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

Gabon has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
In 2024, Gabon ranked 152 and Congo - Brazzaville ranked 196 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Gabon	Congo - Brazzaville	World
2024	95.1	53	91.9
2023	94.1	51.3	91.6
2022	93.5	50.6	91.3
2021	91.8	49.7	91.3
2020	91.1	48.7	90.4
2019	90.3	47.7	90.1
2018	89.6	47	89.8
2017	86.3	46.2	88.9
2016	88.1	45.3	88.1
2015	87.3	44.3	86.9
2014	87.1	43.4	86.2
2013	86.4	42.5	85.7
2012	89.3	41.6	84.9
2011	88.7	40.8	84.5
2010	89.3	40	83.5
2009	82.7	37.1	82.9
2008	82	36.8	82.7
2007	81.3	35.8	82
2006	80.5	34.9	81.4
2005	81.6	33.8	80.7
2004	79.2	33	80
2003	78.5	32.1	80
2002	77.8	31.2	79.1
2001	77.2	30.3	78.7
2000	73.6	29.4	78.2
1999	–	–	74.5
1998	–	–	73.2

Each country on its own

Good to know

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

Gabon vs Congo - Brazzaville

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Deaths in conflictsGabon: 0 deaths in 2022Congo - Brazzaville: 22 deaths in 2022