Access to electricity in Samoa

100.0% of people in Samoa had access to electricity in 2024.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1991 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Samoa, 2024 100.0% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 100.0%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 90th of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Samoa 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 SamoaWorld
2024 100.0% 91.9%
2023 100.0% 91.6%
2022 98.3% 91.3%
2021 98.3% 91.3%
2020 100.0% 90.4%
2019 99.2% 90.1%
2018 99.8% 89.8%
2017 96.8% 88.9%
2016 98.9% 88.1%
2015 98.2% 86.9%
2014 97.9% 86.2%
2013 97.0% 85.7%
2012 96.8% 84.9%
2011 96.7% 84.5%
2010 96.4% 83.5%
2009 97.9% 82.9%
2008 98.1% 82.7%
2007 92.5% 82.0%
2006 96.4% 81.4%
2005 91.1% 80.7%
2004 90.5% 80.0%
2003 89.9% 80.0%
2002 89.3% 79.1%
2001 88.7% 78.7%
2000 88.0% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 97.9%, the figure has changed by +2.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Samoa has the 90th 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
1991 to 2024 for Samoa
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