Access to electricity in Ghana

Access to electricity in Ghana: 30.6% in 1993 and 91.9% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024: 91.9%
Since 1993: +61.3 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 156 of 213; counting from the highest
World, 2024: 91.9%

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

The highest was 91.9% in 2024, the lowest 30.4% in 1994.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Ghana	World
2024	91.9	91.9
2023	89.5	91.6
2022	85.1	91.3
2021	86.3	91.3
2020	85.4	90.4
2019	83.5	90.1
2018	80.4	89.8
2017	79	88.9
2016	79.3	88.1
2015	74	86.9
2014	78.3	86.2
2013	70.7	85.7
2012	56.5	84.9
2011	64.1	84.5
2010	64.2	83.5
2009	61.1	82.9
2008	60.5	82.7
2007	56.9	82
2006	55.1	81.4
2005	41.2	80.7
2004	50.8	80
2003	48.3	80
2002	46.8	79.1
2001	44.8	78.7
2000	43.7	78.2
1999	40.7	74.5
1998	42.6	73.2
1997	36.6	–
1996	34.5	–
1995	32.5	–
1994	30.4	–
1993	30.6	–

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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