# Share of the population with access to electricity: Namibia

59.3% 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 | 59.3 |
| 2023 | 56.7 |
| 2022 | 56.2 |
| 2021 | 55.2 |
| 2020 | 52.3 |
| 2019 | 53.3 |
| 2018 | 52.3 |
| 2017 | 52.5 |
| 2016 | 49.7 |
| 2015 | 51.6 |
| 2014 | 48.4 |
| 2013 | 47.4 |
| 2012 | 46.4 |
| 2011 | 42.3 |
| 2010 | 44.4 |
| 2009 | 44.1 |
| 2008 | 42.4 |
| 2007 | 43.7 |
| 2006 | 40.5 |
| 2005 | 39.6 |
| 2004 | 38.7 |
| 2003 | 37.8 |
| 2002 | 36.9 |
| 2001 | 36 |
| 2000 | 36.5 |
| 1999 | 33.99631 |
| 1998 | 32.99179 |
| 1997 | 31.98243 |
| 1996 | 30.968988 |
| 1995 | 29.952148 |
| 1994 | 28.932589 |
| 1993 | 27 |
| 1992 | 26.4 |

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