Share of the population with access to electricity: Papua New Guinea
43.3% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 29 years from 1996 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 | 43.3 |
| 2023 | 20.5 |
| 2022 | 19 |
| 2021 | 20.9 |
| 2020 | 20.5 |
| 2019 | 23.6 |
| 2018 | 16.6 |
| 2017 | 19.2 |
| 2016 | 13.5 |
| 2015 | 18.4 |
| 2014 | 18.1 |
| 2013 | 17.8 |
| 2012 | 17.5 |
| 2011 | 17.3 |
| 2010 | 19.5 |
| 2009 | 17.2 |
| 2008 | 15.3 |
| 2007 | 14.9 |
| 2006 | 12.4 |
| 2005 | 14.1 |
| 2004 | 13.8 |
| 2003 | 13.4 |
| 2002 | 13.1 |
| 2001 | 12.7 |
| 2000 | 12.4 |
| 1999 | 6.426855 |
| 1998 | 4.2950897 |
| 1997 | 2.1584826 |
| 1996 | 11 |