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Nigeria
Access to electricity (% of population)

Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.

Global rank#183out of 215 countries
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Historical trend

62.553.744.936.127.3199020072024Nigeria · 2024: 63Nigeria

Analytical takeaways

  • Nigeria records 63 for Access to electricity (% of population) in 2024, ranking #183 globally out of 215 countries.
  • Access to electricity (% of population) increased from 27 in 1990 to 63 in 2024, a gain of 35.
  • 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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