Access to electricity in Cameroon

72.0% of people in Cameroon had access to electricity in 2024.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1991 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Cameroon, 2024 72.0% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 72.0%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 176th of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Cameroon over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Access to electricity (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period CameroonWorld
2024 72.0% 91.9%
2023 72.0% 91.6%
2022 71.0% 91.3%
2021 65.4% 91.3%
2020 64.3% 90.4%
2019 63.2% 90.1%
2018 62.2% 89.8%
2017 60.9% 88.9%
2016 59.8% 88.1%
2015 58.6% 86.9%
2014 56.8% 86.2%
2013 56.3% 85.7%
2012 55.2% 84.9%
2011 53.7% 84.5%
2010 52.8% 83.5%
2009 51.7% 82.9%
2008 50.6% 82.7%
2007 48.2% 82.0%
2006 49.0% 81.4%
2005 47.2% 80.7%
2004 47.1% 80.0%
2003 45.1% 80.0%
2002 44.0% 79.1%
2001 46.2% 78.7%
2000 41.0% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 56.8%, the figure has changed by +15.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Cameroon has the 176th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 to 2024 for Cameroon
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset