Access to electricity in Sierra Leone
39.2% of people in Sierra Leone had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Sierra Leone, 2024
39.2%
Change from 2023
+3.7percentage points
World, 2024
91.9%
Position in 2024
205th of 215
Access to electricity in Sierra Leone 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 | Sierra Leone | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39.2% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 35.5% | 91.6% |
| 2022 | 29.4% | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 27.5% | 91.3% |
| 2020 | 26.3% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 22.7% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 26.1% | 89.8% |
| 2017 | 23.4% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 20.3% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 19.7% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 18.8% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 13.5% | 85.7% |
| 2012 | 17.2% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 14.2% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | 11.5% | 83.5% |
| 2009 | 14.6% | 82.9% |
| 2008 | 12.1% | 82.7% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | 82.0% |
| 2006 | 12.2% | 81.4% |
| 2005 | 11.3% | 80.7% |
| 2004 | 16.8% | 80.0% |
| 2003 | 9.9% | 80.0% |
| 2002 | 9.2% | 79.1% |
| 2001 | 8.5% | 78.7% |
| 2000 | 7.7% | 78.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.7 percentage points from 35.5% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 18.8%, the figure has changed by +20.4 percentage points.
- Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Sierra Leone has the 205th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.