Share of the population with access to electricity: Guinea-Bissau
43.7% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 23 years from 2002 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 | 43.7 |
| 2023 | 40.5 |
| 2022 | 37.4 |
| 2021 | 35.8 |
| 2020 | 33.4 |
| 2019 | 30.9 |
| 2018 | 28.4 |
| 2017 | 26 |
| 2016 | 22.9 |
| 2015 | 20.1 |
| 2014 | 17.2 |
| 2013 | 16.3 |
| 2012 | 14.9 |
| 2011 | 13.5 |
| 2010 | 6 |
| 2009 | 4.7 |
| 2008 | 9.3 |
| 2007 | 7.9 |
| 2006 | 14.5 |
| 2005 | 5.2 |
| 2004 | 3.9 |
| 2003 | 2.6 |
| 2002 | 1.3 |