Access to electricity in Malawi

15.6% of people in Malawi had access to electricity in 2024.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1992 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Malawi, 2024 15.6% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 15.6%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 213th of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Malawi 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 MalawiWorld
2024 15.6% 91.9%
2023 15.6% 91.6%
2022 14.0% 91.3%
2021 14.2% 91.3%
2020 11.5% 90.4%
2019 11.2% 90.1%
2018 18.0% 89.8%
2017 12.7% 88.9%
2016 11.0% 88.1%
2015 10.8% 86.9%
2014 11.9% 86.2%
2013 9.0% 85.7%
2012 7.4% 84.9%
2011 7.6% 84.5%
2010 8.7% 83.5%
2009 8.3% 82.9%
2008 7.8% 82.7%
2007 7.4% 82.0%
2006 3.7% 81.4%
2005 6.6% 80.7%
2004 6.9% 80.0%
2003 6.2% 80.0%
2002 5.6% 79.1%
2001 5.2% 78.7%
2000 4.8% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 11.9%, the figure has changed by +3.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Malawi has the 213th 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 Malawi
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