Access to electricity in Papua New Guinea
43.3% of people in Papua New Guinea had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.
Papua New Guinea, 2024
43.3%
Change from 2023
+22.8percentage points
World, 2024
91.9%
Position in 2024
203rd of 215
Access to electricity in Papua New Guinea 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.
| Period | Papua New Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43.3% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 20.5% | 91.6% |
| 2022 | 19.0% | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 20.9% | 91.3% |
| 2020 | 20.5% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 23.6% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 16.6% | 89.8% |
| 2017 | 19.2% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 18.4% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 18.1% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 17.8% | 85.7% |
| 2012 | 17.5% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 17.3% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | 19.5% | 83.5% |
| 2009 | 17.2% | 82.9% |
| 2008 | 15.3% | 82.7% |
| 2007 | 14.9% | 82.0% |
| 2006 | 12.4% | 81.4% |
| 2005 | 14.1% | 80.7% |
| 2004 | 13.8% | 80.0% |
| 2003 | 13.4% | 80.0% |
| 2002 | 13.1% | 79.1% |
| 2001 | 12.7% | 78.7% |
| 2000 | 12.4% | 78.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +22.8 percentage points from 20.5% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 18.1%, the figure has changed by +25.2 percentage points.
- Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Papua New Guinea has the 203rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.