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Papua New Guinea
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

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

Global rank#187out of 210 countries
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Historical trend

39.029.920.811.72.6199620102024Papua New Guinea · 2024: 39Papua New Guinea

Analytical takeaways

  • Papua New Guinea records 39 for Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in 2024, ranking #187 globally out of 210 countries.
  • Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) increased from 3 in 1996 to 39 in 2024, a gain of 36.
  • 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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