Guinea
Access to electricity in Guinea
Access to electricity in Guinea: 16.4% in 1999 and 53.8% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 53.8%
- Since 1999
- +37.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 194 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 53.8% in 2024, the lowest 15.2% in 2000.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53.8 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 51.1 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 47.7 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 46.8 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 44.7 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 42.2 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 45 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 35.4 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 33.5 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 34.9 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 33.5 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 32.2 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 26.2 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 29.5 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 28.1 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 26.7 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 25.4 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 24.1 | 82 |
| 2006 | 22.8 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 20.2 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 20.2 | 80 |
| 2003 | 18.9 | 80 |
| 2002 | 17.7 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 16.4 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 15.2 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 16.4 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 73.2 |
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
Guinea in numbers
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Military
- Military spending2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$586M in 2025
- Military spending per person$40 in 2025
- Military share of state spending10.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel13,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.32% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports6 million TIV in 2025