Access to electricity in Madagascar

42.5% of people in Madagascar had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1992.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1992 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Madagascar, 2024 42.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +3.1percentage points 2023: 39.4%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 204th of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Madagascar 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 MadagascarWorld
2024 42.5% 91.9%
2023 39.4% 91.6%
2022 36.1% 91.3%
2021 35.1% 91.3%
2020 32.0% 90.4%
2019 31.0% 90.1%
2018 36.5% 89.8%
2017 24.1% 88.9%
2016 22.9% 88.1%
2015 23.8% 86.9%
2014 23.0% 86.2%
2013 12.9% 85.7%
2012 18.7% 84.9%
2011 14.3% 84.5%
2010 12.3% 83.5%
2009 17.4% 82.9%
2008 18.3% 82.7%
2007 17.5% 82.0%
2006 16.8% 81.4%
2005 16.0% 80.7%
2004 15.3% 80.0%
2003 20.3% 80.0%
2002 14.0% 79.1%
2001 14.8% 78.7%
2000 12.6% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.1 percentage points from 39.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 23.0%, the figure has changed by +19.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Madagascar has the 204th 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
1992 to 2024 for Madagascar
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