Nigeria vs Switzerland: Access to electricity

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

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Watch it change on the map

% of people · World Bank

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Latest figures

% of people · World Bank

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2024
Nigeria	62.5 2024	54.2	181 of 213
Switzerland	100 2024	100	1 of 213
World	91.9 2024	86.2

What the numbers say

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

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