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Vanuatu — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Vanuatu, 1994–2024.
Latest value · 2024
65.50%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +263.9% since 1994
Electricity access for Vanuatu was 65.50% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 31 years, from 1994 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 70.00% in 2021. The lowest was 12.94% in 1995 (about 5.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.40% per year.
Vanuatu ranks 181 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 84%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 100.00%, so Vanuatu sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 33%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
65.50%
First (1994)
18.00%
Change
+263.9%
Highest
70.00%
in 2021
Lowest
12.94%
in 1995
Average
39.79%
Annual growth (CAGR)
4.40%
Years of data
31
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 65.5% |
| 2023 | 61.6% |
| 2022 | 70% |
| 2021 | 70% |
| 2020 | 67.3% |
| 2019 | 64.5% |
| 2018 | 61.6% |
| 2017 | 62.8% |
| 2016 | 57.8% |
| 2015 | 52.3% |
| 2014 | 49.1% |
| 2013 | 31.7% |
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.