Access to electricity in Niger

21.3% of people in Niger 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
Niger, 2024 21.3% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.2percentage points 2023: 20.1%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 210th of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Niger 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 NigerWorld
2024 21.3% 91.9%
2023 20.1% 91.6%
2022 19.5% 91.3%
2021 18.6% 91.3%
2020 18.7% 90.4%
2019 18.5% 90.1%
2018 17.6% 89.8%
2017 17.6% 88.9%
2016 17.0% 88.1%
2015 16.6% 86.9%
2014 15.7% 86.2%
2013 15.2% 85.7%
2012 14.4% 84.9%
2011 14.3% 84.5%
2010 13.6% 83.5%
2009 12.3% 82.9%
2008 11.8% 82.7%
2007 11.2% 82.0%
2006 9.3% 81.4%
2005 7.1% 80.7%
2004 9.7% 80.0%
2003 9.3% 80.0%
2002 8.8% 79.1%
2001 8.4% 78.7%
2000 6.5% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.2 percentage points from 20.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15.7%, the figure has changed by +5.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Niger has the 210th 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 Niger
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