Samoa
Access to electricity in Samoa
Access to electricity in Samoa: 78.8% in 1991 and 100% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 100%
- Since 1991
- +21.2 percentage points
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 100% in 2020, the lowest 78.8% in 1991.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Samoa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 100 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 98.3 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 98.3 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 100 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 99.2 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 99.8 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 96.8 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 98.9 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 98.2 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 97.9 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 97 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 96.8 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 96.7 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 96.4 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 97.9 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 98.1 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 92.5 | 82 |
| 2006 | 96.4 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 91.1 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 90.5 | 80 |
| 2003 | 89.9 | 80 |
| 2002 | 89.3 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 88.7 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 88 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 87.1 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 86.3 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 85.5 | – |
| 1996 | 84.8 | – |
| 1995 | 84 | – |
| 1994 | 80 | – |
| 1993 | 82.4 | – |
| 1992 | 81.6 | – |
| 1991 | 78.8 | – |
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
Samoa in numbers
Every measure for Samoa on one page