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Nigeria — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Nigeria, 1990–2024.
Latest value · 2024
62.50%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +128.9% since 1990
Electricity access for Nigeria was 62.50% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1990 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 27.30% in 1990 (about 2.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.47% per year.
Nigeria ranks 183 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 85%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 59.00%, so Nigeria sits above it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 15%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
62.50%
First (1990)
27.30%
Change
+128.9%
Highest
62.50%
in 2024
Lowest
27.30%
in 1990
Average
48.48%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.47%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 62.5% |
| 2023 | 61.2% |
| 2022 | 60.5% |
| 2021 | 59.5% |
| 2020 | 55.4% |
| 2019 | 55.4% |
| 2018 | 56.5% |
| 2017 | 54.4% |
| 2016 | 59.3% |
| 2015 | 52.5% |
| 2014 | 54.2% |
| 2013 | 55.6% |
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.