Access to electricity in Guinea-Bissau
43.7% of people in Guinea-Bissau had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2002.
Guinea-Bissau, 2024
43.7%
Change from 2023
+3.2percentage points
World, 2024
91.9%
Position in 2024
202nd of 215
Access to electricity in Guinea-Bissau over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Guinea-Bissau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43.7% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 40.5% | 91.6% |
| 2022 | 37.4% | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 35.8% | 91.3% |
| 2020 | 33.4% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 30.9% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 28.4% | 89.8% |
| 2017 | 26.0% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 22.9% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 20.1% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 17.2% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 16.3% | 85.7% |
| 2012 | 14.9% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 13.5% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | 6.0% | 83.5% |
| 2009 | 4.7% | 82.9% |
| 2008 | 9.3% | 82.7% |
| 2007 | 7.9% | 82.0% |
| 2006 | 14.5% | 81.4% |
| 2005 | 5.2% | 80.7% |
| 2004 | 3.9% | 80.0% |
| 2003 | 2.6% | 80.0% |
| 2002 | 1.3% | 79.1% |
| 2001 | – | 78.7% |
| 2000 | – | 78.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.2 percentage points from 40.5% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 17.2%, the figure has changed by +26.5 percentage points.
- Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Guinea-Bissau has the 202nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.