Malawi

Access to electricity in Malawi

Access to electricity in Malawi: 3.2% in 1992 and 15.6% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024
15.6%
Since 1992
+12.4 percentage points
Rank, 2024
211 of 213
counting from the highest
World, 2024
91.9%
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% of people · World Bank

Access to electricity in MalawiAccess to electricity in Malawi: 3.2% in 1992 and 15.6% in 2024, by World Bank estimates. The highest was 18% in 2018, the lowest 1.6% in 1993.
Estimates, World BankWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 18% in 2018, the lowest 1.6% in 1993.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

YearMalawiWorld
202415.691.9
202315.691.6
20221491.3
202114.291.3
202011.590.4
201911.290.1
20181889.8
201712.788.9
20161188.1
201510.886.9
201411.986.2
2013985.7
20127.484.9
20117.684.5
20108.783.5
20098.382.9
20087.882.7
20077.482
20063.781.4
20056.680.7
20046.980
20036.280
20025.679.1
20015.278.7
20004.878.2
19994.374.5
19983.873.2
19973.4–
19962.9–
19952.5–
19942–
19931.6–
19923.2–

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.

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