Equatorial Guinea's access to electricity (% of population) was 65.1% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.9 percentage points from 66% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 65.1% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 66.6% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 66% | 2014 |
| Highest | 67% | 2022 |
| Lowest | 64.8% | 2000 |
| Average since 2015 | 66.43% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 64.8% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Equatorial Guinea's access to electricity (% of population) fell 1.8 percentage points on 2023 (from 66.9% to 65.1%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.18 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 10.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.7 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.8 percentage points in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
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, Equatorial Guinea had the 182nd highest value of the 215 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Equatorial Guinea | 65.1% | 2024 |
| World | 91.93% | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 55.11% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 99.32% | 2024 |
Closest to Equatorial Guinea in the 2024 ranking
- Gambia, The — 179th of 215: 69%
- Sudan — 180th of 215: 66%
- Vanuatu — 181st of 215: 65.5%
- Nigeria — 183rd of 215: 62.5%
- Zimbabwe — 184th of 215: 62%
- Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 185th of 215: 61.4%
What this measures
Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a population-weighted average.
All 25 values
| Year | Access to electricity (% of population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 65.1 |
| 2023 | 66.9 |
| 2022 | 67 |
| 2021 | 66.8 |
| 2020 | 66.7 |
| 2019 | 66.6 |
| 2018 | 66.5 |
| 2017 | 66.4 |
| 2016 | 66.2 |
| 2015 | 66.1 |
| 2014 |
Access to electricity (% of population) in nearby economies
- Angola — 55.5% (2024)
- Benin — 59% (2024)
- Botswana — 80.2% (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 34% (2024)
- Burundi — 20.1% (2024)
- Cabo Verde — 98.4% (2024)
- Cameroon — 72% (2024)
- Central African Republic — 18.2% (2024)
- Chad — 13.4% (2024)
- Comoros — 91.7% (2024)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
More environment data for Equatorial Guinea
- Population in largest city — 512,750 (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 36.96% (2025)
- Rural population — 550,978 (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 28.42% (2025)
- Urban population — 1.39 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 71.58% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 21 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 7,253 (2024)
- Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 7,274 (2024)
- Rural population growth (annual %)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Equatorial Guinea's access to electricity (% of population)?
- 65.1% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 0.3 percentage points from 64.8% in 2000. The highest value was 67% in 2022 and the lowest 64.8% in 2000.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank?
- 182nd highest of 215 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in access to electricity (% of population) unusual for Equatorial Guinea?
- In 2024, Equatorial Guinea's access to electricity (% of population) fell 1.8 percentage points on 2023 (from 66.9% to 65.1%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.18 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 10.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.ACCS.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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