Access to electricity in Nigeria
62.5% of people in Nigeria had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Nigeria, 2024
62.5%
Change from 2023
+1.3percentage points
World, 2024
91.9%
Position in 2024
183rd of 215
Access to electricity in Nigeria 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 | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 62.5% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 61.2% | 91.6% |
| 2022 | 60.5% | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 59.5% | 91.3% |
| 2020 | 55.4% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 55.4% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 56.5% | 89.8% |
| 2017 | 54.4% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 59.3% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 52.5% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 54.2% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 55.6% | 85.7% |
| 2012 | 53.0% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 55.9% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | 48.0% | 83.5% |
| 2009 | 50.0% | 82.9% |
| 2008 | 50.3% | 82.7% |
| 2007 | 50.1% | 82.0% |
| 2006 | 47.6% | 81.4% |
| 2005 | 46.8% | 80.7% |
| 2004 | 46.1% | 80.0% |
| 2003 | 52.2% | 80.0% |
| 2002 | 44.6% | 79.1% |
| 2001 | 43.9% | 78.7% |
| 2000 | 43.2% | 78.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.3 percentage points from 61.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 54.2%, the figure has changed by +8.3 percentage points.
- Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Nigeria has the 183rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.