Côte d’Ivoire vs Nigeria: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 72.9% in Côte d’Ivoire and 62.5% in Nigeria, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 10.4 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Nigeria.

Watch it change on the map

% of people · World Bank

Côte d’IvoireNigeriaWorld

What the numbers say

Côte d’Ivoire has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Nigeria.
In 2024, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 173 and Nigeria ranked 181 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Côte d’Ivoire	Nigeria	World
2024	72.9	62.5	91.9
2023	72.4	61.2	91.6
2022	70.4	60.5	91.3
2021	71.1	59.5	91.3
2020	69.9	55.4	90.4
2019	68.6	55.4	90.1
2018	67.1	56.5	89.8
2017	65.6	54.4	88.9
2016	64.3	59.3	88.1
2015	62.6	52.5	86.9
2014	61.9	54.2	86.2
2013	61.5	55.6	85.7
2012	55.8	53	84.9
2011	55.8	55.9	84.5
2010	58.4	48	83.5
2009	57.3	50	82.9
2008	60.3	50.3	82.7
2007	55.3	50.1	82
2006	60.2	47.6	81.4
2005	58.9	46.8	80.7
2004	52.4	46.1	80
2003	51.5	52.2	80
2002	51.4	44.6	79.1
2001	49.7	43.9	78.7
2000	48.7	43.2	78.2
1999	48.2	44.9	74.5
1998	46.7	41.3	73.2
1997	45.7	40.4	–
1996	44.7	39.6	–
1995	43.6	38.7	–
1994	36.5	37.8	–
1993	–	37	–
1992	–	36.1	–
1991	–	35.2	–
1990	–	27.3	–

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

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Deaths in conflictsCôte d’Ivoire: 0 deaths in 2022Nigeria: 2,803 deaths in 2022