Ireland vs Nigeria: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Ireland and 62.5% in Nigeria, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ireland, by 37.5 percentage points, or 1.6 times that in Nigeria.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

Ireland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Ireland	Nigeria	World
2024	100	62.5	91.9
2023	100	61.2	91.6
2022	100	60.5	91.3
2021	100	59.5	91.3
2020	100	55.4	90.4
2019	100	55.4	90.1
2018	100	56.5	89.8
2017	100	54.4	88.9
2016	100	59.3	88.1
2015	100	52.5	86.9
2014	100	54.2	86.2
2013	100	55.6	85.7
2012	100	53	84.9
2011	100	55.9	84.5
2010	100	48	83.5
2009	100	50	82.9
2008	100	50.3	82.7
2007	100	50.1	82
2006	100	47.6	81.4
2005	100	46.8	80.7
2004	100	46.1	80
2003	100	52.2	80
2002	100	44.6	79.1
2001	100	43.9	78.7
2000	100	43.2	78.2
1999	100	44.9	74.5
1998	100	41.3	73.2
1997	100	40.4	–
1996	100	39.6	–
1995	100	38.7	–
1994	100	37.8	–
1993	100	37	–
1992	100	36.1	–
1991	100	35.2	–
1990	100	27.3	–

Each country on its own

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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.

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Ireland vs Nigeria: Access to electricity

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