Uganda

Access to electricity in Uganda

Access to electricity in Uganda: 5.6% in 1991 and 55.3% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024
55.3%
Since 1991
+49.7 percentage points
World, 2024
91.9%
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% of people · World Bank

Access to electricity in UgandaAccess to electricity in Uganda: 5.6% in 1991 and 55.3% in 2024, by World Bank estimates. The highest was 55.3% in 2024, the lowest 0.5% in 1994.
Estimates, World BankWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 55.3% in 2024, the lowest 0.5% in 1994.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

YearUgandaWorld
202455.391.9
202351.591.6
202247.191.3
202145.291.3
202042.190.4
201941.390.1
201841.989.8
201732.488.9
201626.788.1
201518.586.9
201420.486.2
201313.985.7
201220.584.9
201114.684.5
201012.183.5
20091082.9
200815.982.7
200714.882
2006981.4
20058.980.7
200411.680
200310.580
20027.879.1
20018.678.7
20007.478.2
19996.274.5
19985.173.2
19973.9–
19962.8–
19956.8–
19940.5–
19915.6–

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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