Access to electricity in Equatorial Guinea

65.1% of people in Equatorial Guinea had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2007.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Equatorial Guinea, 2024 65.1% % of population
Change from 2023 −1.8percentage points 2023: 66.9%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 182nd of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Equatorial Guinea 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 Equatorial GuineaWorld
2024 65.1% 91.9%
2023 66.9% 91.6%
2022 67.0% 91.3%
2021 66.8% 91.3%
2020 66.7% 90.4%
2019 66.6% 90.1%
2018 66.5% 89.8%
2017 66.4% 88.9%
2016 66.2% 88.1%
2015 66.1% 86.9%
2014 66.0% 86.2%
2013 65.9% 85.7%
2012 65.7% 84.9%
2011 66.1% 84.5%
2010 66.1% 83.5%
2009 65.4% 82.9%
2008 65.2% 82.7%
2007 65.1% 82.0%
2006 65.1% 81.4%
2005 65.0% 80.7%
2004 64.9% 80.0%
2003 64.9% 80.0%
2002 64.9% 79.1%
2001 64.9% 78.7%
2000 64.8% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.8 percentage points from 66.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 66.0%, the figure has changed by −0.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Equatorial Guinea has the 182nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.

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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
2000 to 2024 for Equatorial Guinea
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