# Share of the population with access to electricity: Malawi

15.6% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 33 years from 1992 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](/sources/electricity-access) · [All countries and regions](/electricity-access).

## Every year

| Year | Value (% of population) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 15.6 |
| 2023 | 15.6 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2021 | 14.2 |
| 2020 | 11.5 |
| 2019 | 11.2 |
| 2018 | 18 |
| 2017 | 12.7 |
| 2016 | 11 |
| 2015 | 10.8 |
| 2014 | 11.9 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2012 | 7.4 |
| 2011 | 7.6 |
| 2010 | 8.7 |
| 2009 | 8.3 |
| 2008 | 7.8 |
| 2007 | 7.4 |
| 2006 | 3.7 |
| 2005 | 6.6 |
| 2004 | 6.9 |
| 2003 | 6.2 |
| 2002 | 5.6 |
| 2001 | 5.2 |
| 2000 | 4.8 |
| 1999 | 4.2699127 |
| 1998 | 3.8268876 |
| 1997 | 3.3790202 |
| 1996 | 2.9270735 |
| 1995 | 2.4717271 |
| 1994 | 2.0136614 |
| 1993 | 1.5535558 |
| 1992 | 3.2 |

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