Papua New Guinea

Access to electricity in Papua New Guinea

Access to electricity in Papua New Guinea: 11% in 1996 and 43.3% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024
43.3%
Since 1996
+32.3 percentage points
Rank, 2024
201 of 213
counting from the highest
World, 2024
91.9%
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% of people · World Bank

Access to electricity in Papua New GuineaAccess to electricity in Papua New Guinea: 11% in 1996 and 43.3% in 2024, by World Bank estimates. The highest was 43.3% in 2024, the lowest 2.2% in 1997.
Estimates, World BankWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 43.3% in 2024, the lowest 2.2% in 1997.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

YearPapua New GuineaWorld
202443.391.9
202320.591.6
20221991.3
202120.991.3
202020.590.4
201923.690.1
201816.689.8
201719.288.9
201613.588.1
201518.486.9
201418.186.2
201317.885.7
201217.584.9
201117.384.5
201019.583.5
200917.282.9
200815.382.7
200714.982
200612.481.4
200514.180.7
200413.880
200313.480
200213.179.1
200112.778.7
200012.478.2
19996.474.5
19984.373.2
19972.2–
199611–

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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