Share of the population with access to electricity: Cameroon
72% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 34 years from 1991 to 2024 are below.
Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (% of population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 72 |
| 2023 | 72 |
| 2022 | 71 |
| 2021 | 65.4 |
| 2020 | 64.3 |
| 2019 | 63.2 |
| 2018 | 62.2 |
| 2017 | 60.9 |
| 2016 | 59.8 |
| 2015 | 58.6 |
| 2014 | 56.8 |
| 2013 | 56.3 |
| 2012 | 55.2 |
| 2011 | 53.7 |
| 2010 | 52.8 |
| 2009 | 51.7 |
| 2008 | 50.6 |
| 2007 | 48.2 |
| 2006 | 49 |
| 2005 | 47.2 |
| 2004 | 47.1 |
| 2003 | 45.1 |
| 2002 | 44 |
| 2001 | 46.2 |
| 2000 | 41 |
| 1999 | 40.706776 |
| 1998 | 40.7 |
| 1997 | 38.435474 |
| 1996 | 37.293324 |
| 1995 | 36.147774 |
| 1994 | 34.999504 |
| 1993 | 33.849194 |
| 1992 | 32.697525 |
| 1991 | 29 |