Share of the population with access to electricity: Gambia
69% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 32 years from 1993 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 | 69 |
| 2023 | 66.9 |
| 2022 | 65.4 |
| 2021 | 63.7 |
| 2020 | 62.2 |
| 2019 | 62.1 |
| 2018 | 60.3 |
| 2017 | 56.2 |
| 2016 | 56.4 |
| 2015 | 54.7 |
| 2014 | 53 |
| 2013 | 51.5 |
| 2012 | 49.9 |
| 2011 | 48.3 |
| 2010 | 46.8 |
| 2009 | 43.2 |
| 2008 | 41.5 |
| 2007 | 39.8 |
| 2006 | 38.1 |
| 2005 | 30.5 |
| 2004 | 34.8 |
| 2003 | 27.8 |
| 2002 | 31.5 |
| 2001 | 29.9 |
| 2000 | 34.3 |
| 1999 | 26.57294 |
| 1998 | 24.916588 |
| 1997 | 23.255392 |
| 1996 | 21.590118 |
| 1995 | 19.921444 |
| 1994 | 18.25005 |
| 1993 | 17.7 |