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Rwanda — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Rwanda, 1992–2024.
Latest value · 2024
72.00%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +3030.4% since 1992
Electricity access for Rwanda was 72.00% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 29 years, from 1992 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 1.03% in 1997 (about 70.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 11.36% per year.
Rwanda ranks 177 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 82%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 59.00%, so Rwanda sits above it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 264%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
72.00%
First (1992)
2.30%
Change
+3030.4%
Highest
72.00%
in 2024
Lowest
1.03%
in 1997
Average
21.27%
Annual growth (CAGR)
11.36%
Years of data
29
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 72% |
| 2023 | 63.9% |
| 2022 | 50.6% |
| 2021 | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 45.2% |
| 2019 | 46.6% |
| 2018 | 38% |
| 2017 | 34.1% |
| 2016 | 29.4% |
| 2015 | 22.8% |
| 2014 | 19.8% |
| 2013 | 15.2% |
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.