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Papua New Guinea — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Papua New Guinea, 1996–2024.
Latest value · 2024
43.30%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +293.6% since 1996
Electricity access for Papua New Guinea was 43.30% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 29 years, from 1996 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 2.16% in 1997 (about 20.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.02% per year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 203 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 94%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 100.00%, so Papua New Guinea sits below it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 139%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
43.30%
First (1996)
11.00%
Change
+293.6%
Highest
43.30%
in 2024
Lowest
2.16%
in 1997
Average
16.17%
Annual growth (CAGR)
5.02%
Years of data
29
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 43.3% |
| 2023 | 20.5% |
| 2022 | 19% |
| 2021 | 20.9% |
| 2020 | 20.5% |
| 2019 | 23.6% |
| 2018 | 16.6% |
| 2017 | 19.2% |
| 2016 | 13.5% |
| 2015 | 18.4% |
| 2014 | 18.1% |
| 2013 | 17.8% |
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.