Kenya vs Papua New Guinea: Access to electricity urban vs rural, annual growth rate

Kenya
2.19 % change on previous year
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
2.45 % change on previous year
in 2024
Kenya rank
17th
Papua New Guinea rank
16th

Access to electricity urban vs rural, annual growth rate over time

  • Kenya
  • Papua New Guinea
-1001020199420092024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 2.45 % change on previous year against 2.19 % change on previous year in Kenya, a difference of 0.26 % change on previous year.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 17th and Papua New Guinea ranks 16th of 211 countries.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 3.98 % change on previous year -0.4322 % change on previous year 4.41 % change on previous year Kenya
2000s 3.23 % change on previous year 1.19 % change on previous year 2.05 % change on previous year Kenya
2010s 3.65 % change on previous year -0.3204 % change on previous year 3.97 % change on previous year Kenya
2020s 1.58 % change on previous year 0.2484 % change on previous year 1.33 % change on previous year Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher access to electricity urban vs rural, annual growth rate, Kenya or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 2.45 % change on previous year against 2.19 % change on previous year in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in access to electricity urban vs rural, annual growth rate between Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
0.26 % change on previous year, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
28 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Papua New Guinea rank globally for access to electricity urban vs rural, annual growth rate?
Kenya ranks 17th and Papua New Guinea ranks 16th of 211 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Access to electricity urban vs rural, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Access to electricity urban vs rural, annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
211 places, 6,436 data points, 1991–2024
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The year-on-year percentage change in Access to electricity urban vs rural. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.