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

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

Global rank#204out of 210 countries
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Historical trend

11.78.96.23.40.6199220082024Malawi · 2024: 6Malawi

Analytical takeaways

  • Malawi records 6 for Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in 2024, ranking #204 globally out of 210 countries.
  • Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) increased from 1 in 1992 to 6 in 2024, a gain of 6.
  • 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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