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Guinea-Bissau — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Guinea-Bissau, 2002–2024.
Latest value · 2024
43.70%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +3261.5% since 2002
Electricity access for Guinea-Bissau was 43.70% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 23 years, from 2002 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 1.30% in 2002 (about 33.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 17.32% per year.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 202 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 94%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 59.00%, so Guinea-Bissau sits below it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 154%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
43.70%
First (2002)
1.30%
Change
+3261.5%
Highest
43.70%
in 2024
Lowest
1.30%
in 2002
Average
18.97%
Annual growth (CAGR)
17.32%
Years of data
23
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 43.7% |
| 2023 | 40.5% |
| 2022 | 37.4% |
| 2021 | 35.8% |
| 2020 | 33.4% |
| 2019 | 30.9% |
| 2018 | 28.4% |
| 2017 | 26% |
| 2016 | 22.9% |
| 2015 | 20.1% |
| 2014 | 17.2% |
| 2013 | 16.3% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the population with access to electricity. Access means the household is connected to a source that provides a reliable supply. Figures are in % of population. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS — Access to Electricity (% of Population). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.