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Malawi — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Malawi, 1992–2024.
Latest value · 2024
15.60%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +387.5% since 1992
Electricity access for Malawi was 15.60% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 33 years, from 1992 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 18.00% in 2018. The lowest was 1.55% in 1993 (about 10.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.07% per year.
Malawi ranks 213 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 99%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 59.00%, so Malawi sits below it. It peaked in 2018 and has fallen 13% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 31%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
15.60%
First (1992)
3.20%
Change
+387.5%
Highest
18.00%
in 2018
Lowest
1.55%
in 1993
Average
8.04%
Annual growth (CAGR)
5.07%
Years of data
33
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.6% |
| 2023 | 15.6% |
| 2022 | 14% |
| 2021 | 14.2% |
| 2020 | 11.5% |
| 2019 | 11.2% |
| 2018 | 18% |
| 2017 | 12.7% |
| 2016 | 11% |
| 2015 | 10.8% |
| 2014 | 11.9% |
| 2013 | 9% |
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.