Access to electricity in Vanuatu

65.5% of people in Vanuatu had access to electricity in 2024.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1994 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Vanuatu, 2024 65.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +3.9percentage points 2023: 61.6%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 181st of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Vanuatu 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 VanuatuWorld
2024 65.5% 91.9%
2023 61.6% 91.6%
2022 70.0% 91.3%
2021 70.0% 91.3%
2020 67.3% 90.4%
2019 64.5% 90.1%
2018 61.6% 89.8%
2017 62.8% 88.9%
2016 57.8% 88.1%
2015 52.3% 86.9%
2014 49.1% 86.2%
2013 31.7% 85.7%
2012 43.9% 84.9%
2011 42.0% 84.5%
2010 44.1% 83.5%
2009 33.3% 82.9%
2008 36.5% 82.7%
2007 33.6% 82.0%
2006 26.4% 81.4%
2005 31.0% 80.7%
2004 29.2% 80.0%
2003 27.5% 80.0%
2002 25.7% 79.1%
2001 24.0% 78.7%
2000 22.2% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.9 percentage points from 61.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 49.1%, the figure has changed by +16.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Vanuatu has the 181st 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
1994 to 2024 for Vanuatu
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