Share of the population with access to electricity: Rwanda
72% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 29 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 · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (% of population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 72 |
| 2023 | 63.9 |
| 2022 | 50.6 |
| 2021 | 48.7 |
| 2020 | 45.2 |
| 2019 | 46.6 |
| 2018 | 38 |
| 2017 | 34.1 |
| 2016 | 29.4 |
| 2015 | 22.8 |
| 2014 | 19.8 |
| 2013 | 15.2 |
| 2012 | 17.5 |
| 2011 | 10.8 |
| 2010 | 9.7 |
| 2009 | 15.6 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2007 | 12.8 |
| 2006 | 11.4 |
| 2005 | 4.8 |
| 2004 | 8.7 |
| 2003 | 7.4 |
| 2002 | 6 |
| 2001 | 4.7 |
| 2000 | 6.2 |
| 1999 | 3.315577 |
| 1998 | 2.1741276 |
| 1997 | 1.027836 |
| 1992 | 2.3 |