Share of the population with access to electricity: Uganda
55.3% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 32 years from 1991 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 | 55.3 |
| 2023 | 51.5 |
| 2022 | 47.1 |
| 2021 | 45.2 |
| 2020 | 42.1 |
| 2019 | 41.3 |
| 2018 | 41.9 |
| 2017 | 32.4 |
| 2016 | 26.7 |
| 2015 | 18.5 |
| 2014 | 20.4 |
| 2013 | 13.9 |
| 2012 | 20.5 |
| 2011 | 14.6 |
| 2010 | 12.1 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2008 | 15.9 |
| 2007 | 14.8 |
| 2006 | 9 |
| 2005 | 8.9 |
| 2004 | 11.6 |
| 2003 | 10.5 |
| 2002 | 7.8 |
| 2001 | 8.6 |
| 2000 | 7.4 |
| 1999 | 6.199634 |
| 1998 | 5.074712 |
| 1997 | 3.9449477 |
| 1996 | 2.8111043 |
| 1995 | 6.8 |
| 1994 | 0.53389853 |
| 1991 | 5.6 |