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Cameroon
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

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

Global rank#183out of 210 countries
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Historical trend

42.733.624.415.36.1199120082024Cameroon · 2024: 43Cameroon

Analytical takeaways

  • Cameroon records 43 for Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in 2024, ranking #183 globally out of 210 countries.
  • Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) increased from 6 in 1991 to 43 in 2024, a gain of 37.
  • 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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