Share of the population with access to electricity: Ghana
91.9% 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 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 89.5 |
| 2022 | 85.1 |
| 2021 | 86.3 |
| 2020 | 85.4 |
| 2019 | 83.5 |
| 2018 | 80.4 |
| 2017 | 79 |
| 2016 | 79.3 |
| 2015 | 74 |
| 2014 | 78.3 |
| 2013 | 70.7 |
| 2012 | 56.5 |
| 2011 | 64.1 |
| 2010 | 64.2 |
| 2009 | 61.1 |
| 2008 | 60.5 |
| 2007 | 56.9 |
| 2006 | 55.1 |
| 2005 | 41.2 |
| 2004 | 50.8 |
| 2003 | 48.3 |
| 2002 | 46.8 |
| 2001 | 44.8 |
| 2000 | 43.7 |
| 1999 | 40.74054 |
| 1998 | 42.6 |
| 1997 | 36.603695 |
| 1996 | 34.52877 |
| 1995 | 32.45045 |
| 1994 | 30.369406 |
| 1993 | 30.6 |