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Central African Republic
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

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

Global rank#212out of 213 countries
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Historical trend

38.831.123.415.78.0199520102024Central African Republic · 2024: 39Central African Republic

Analytical takeaways

  • Central African Republic records 39 for Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in 2024, ranking #212 globally out of 213 countries.
  • Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) increased from 8 in 1995 to 39 in 2024, a gain of 31.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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