Share of the population with access to electricity: Nigeria
62.5% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1990 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 | 62.5 |
| 2023 | 61.2 |
| 2022 | 60.5 |
| 2021 | 59.5 |
| 2020 | 55.4 |
| 2019 | 55.4 |
| 2018 | 56.5 |
| 2017 | 54.4 |
| 2016 | 59.3 |
| 2015 | 52.5 |
| 2014 | 54.2 |
| 2013 | 55.6 |
| 2012 | 53 |
| 2011 | 55.9 |
| 2010 | 48 |
| 2009 | 50 |
| 2008 | 50.3 |
| 2007 | 50.1 |
| 2006 | 47.6 |
| 2005 | 46.8 |
| 2004 | 46.1 |
| 2003 | 52.2 |
| 2002 | 44.6 |
| 2001 | 43.9 |
| 2000 | 43.2 |
| 1999 | 44.9 |
| 1998 | 41.25057 |
| 1997 | 40.399982 |
| 1996 | 39.54532 |
| 1995 | 38.687252 |
| 1994 | 37.82647 |
| 1993 | 36.963646 |
| 1992 | 36.09946 |
| 1991 | 35.2346 |
| 1990 | 27.3 |