Rwanda
Access to electricity in Rwanda
Access to electricity in Rwanda: 2.3% in 1992 and 72% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 72%
- Since 1992
- +69.7 percentage points
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 72% in 2024, the lowest 1% in 1997.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Rwanda | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 72 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 63.9 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 50.6 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 48.7 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 45.2 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 46.6 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 38 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 34.1 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 29.4 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 22.8 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 19.8 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 15.2 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 17.5 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 10.8 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 9.7 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 15.6 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 6 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 12.8 | 82 |
| 2006 | 11.4 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 4.8 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 8.7 | 80 |
| 2003 | 7.4 | 80 |
| 2002 | 6 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 4.7 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 6.2 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 3.3 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 2.2 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 1 | – |
| 1992 | 2.3 | – |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Rwanda in numbers
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- Military spending1.29% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$194M in 2025
- Military spending per person$13 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel35,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports37 million TIV in 2023