Access to electricity in Cameroon

Access to electricity in Cameroon: 29% in 1991 and 72% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024: 72%
Since 1991: +43 percentage points
World, 2024: 91.9%

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

The highest was 72% in 2023, the lowest 29% in 1991.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Cameroon	World
2024	72	91.9
2023	72	91.6
2022	71	91.3
2021	65.4	91.3
2020	64.3	90.4
2019	63.2	90.1
2018	62.2	89.8
2017	60.9	88.9
2016	59.8	88.1
2015	58.6	86.9
2014	56.8	86.2
2013	56.3	85.7
2012	55.2	84.9
2011	53.7	84.5
2010	52.8	83.5
2009	51.7	82.9
2008	50.6	82.7
2007	48.2	82
2006	49	81.4
2005	47.2	80.7
2004	47.1	80
2003	45.1	80
2002	44	79.1
2001	46.2	78.7
2000	41	78.2
1999	40.7	74.5
1998	40.7	73.2
1997	38.4	–
1996	37.3	–
1995	36.2	–
1994	35	–
1993	33.9	–
1992	32.7	–
1991	29	–

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.

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