Access to electricity in Nigeria

Access to electricity in Nigeria: 27.3% in 1990 and 62.5% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024: 62.5%
Since 1990: +35.2 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 181 of 213; counting from the highest
World, 2024: 91.9%

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% of people · World Bank

Estimates, World BankWorld

Every year

% of people · World Bank

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

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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