Vanuatu
Access to electricity in Vanuatu
Access to electricity in Vanuatu: 18% in 1994 and 65.5% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 65.5%
- Since 1994
- +47.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 179 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 70% in 2021, the lowest 12.9% in 1995.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Vanuatu | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 65.5 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 61.6 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 70 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 70 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 67.3 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 64.5 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 61.6 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 62.8 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 57.8 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 52.3 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 49.1 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 31.7 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 43.9 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 42 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 44.1 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 33.3 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 36.5 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 33.6 | 82 |
| 2006 | 26.4 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 31 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 29.2 | 80 |
| 2003 | 27.5 | 80 |
| 2002 | 25.7 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 24 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 22.2 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 19.1 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 18.5 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 16.6 | – |
| 1996 | 14.8 | – |
| 1995 | 12.9 | – |
| 1994 | 18 | – |
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
Vanuatu in numbers
Every measure for Vanuatu on one page