Congo, Dem. Rep.: Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

Key figures

Over five years it is unchanged since 2019. Since 2007 it is down 0.8 percentage points from 1.8% in 2007. The World Bank has no value for 7 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Congo, Dem. Rep. had the 207th highest value of the 208 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Congo, Dem. Rep. in the 2024 ranking

• Burundi — 204th of 208: 3.6%
• Central African Republic — 205th of 208: 2%
• Angola — 206th of 208: 1.3%
• South Sudan — 208th of 208: 0.7%

What this measures

Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 11 values

Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in nearby economies

• Angola — 1.3% (2024)
• Benin — 45% (2024)
• Botswana — 45.9% (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 12.7% (2024)
• Burundi — 3.6% (2024)
• Cabo Verde — 97.7% (2024)
• Cameroon — 42.7% (2024)
• Central African Republic — 2% (2024)
• Chad — 100% (2024)
• Comoros

More environment data for Congo, Dem. Rep.

• Population in largest city — 17.78 million (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 34.93% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 27.36 million (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 24.25% (2025)
• Rural population — 61.93 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 54.89% (2025)
• Urban population — 50.9 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 45.11% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 5,790 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Congo, Dem. Rep.'s access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)?

1% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2007?

It is down 0.8 percentage points from 1.8% in 2007. The highest value was 1.8% in 2007 and the lowest 1% in 2015.

How does Congo, Dem. Rep. rank?

207th highest of 208 economies with data for 2024.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB), uri: https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/downloads, note: Data is downloaded from ESMAP website. Data is released when a new Tracking SDG7 report is released., publisher: World Bank (WB), date accessed: 2024-05-16, date published: 2023.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB), uri: https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/downloads, note: Data is downloaded from ESMAP website. Data is released when a new Tracking SDG7 report is released., publisher: World Bank (WB), date accessed: 2024-05-16, date published: 2023 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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