Access to electricity in Rwanda

72.0% of people in Rwanda 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
Rwanda, 2024 72.0% % of population
Change from 2023 +8.1percentage points 2023: 63.9%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 177th of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Rwanda 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 RwandaWorld
2024 72.0% 91.9%
2023 63.9% 91.6%
2022 50.6% 91.3%
2021 48.7% 91.3%
2020 45.2% 90.4%
2019 46.6% 90.1%
2018 38.0% 89.8%
2017 34.1% 88.9%
2016 29.4% 88.1%
2015 22.8% 86.9%
2014 19.8% 86.2%
2013 15.2% 85.7%
2012 17.5% 84.9%
2011 10.8% 84.5%
2010 9.7% 83.5%
2009 15.6% 82.9%
2008 6.0% 82.7%
2007 12.8% 82.0%
2006 11.4% 81.4%
2005 4.8% 80.7%
2004 8.7% 80.0%
2003 7.4% 80.0%
2002 6.0% 79.1%
2001 4.7% 78.7%
2000 6.2% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +8.1 percentage points from 63.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 19.8%, the figure has changed by +52.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Rwanda has the 177th 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 Rwanda
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