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

Namibia
2.93 % change on previous year
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
2.45 % change on previous year
in 2024
Namibia rank
13th
Papua New Guinea rank
16th

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

  • Namibia
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 2.93 % change on previous year against 2.45 % change on previous year in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.48 % change on previous year.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.2 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 13th and Papua New Guinea ranks 16th of 211 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Namibia Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 0.1968 % change on previous year -0.4322 % change on previous year 0.6289 % change on previous year Namibia
2000s 1.01 % change on previous year 1.19 % change on previous year 0.1765 % change on previous year Papua New Guinea
2010s -0.4108 % change on previous year -0.3204 % change on previous year 0.0904 % change on previous year Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.7206 % change on previous year 0.2484 % change on previous year 0.4722 % change on previous year Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher access to electricity urban vs rural, annual growth rate, Namibia or Papua New Guinea?
Namibia, at 2.93 % change on previous year against 2.45 % change on previous year in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in access to electricity urban vs rural, annual growth rate between Namibia and Papua New Guinea?
0.48 % change on previous year, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Papua New Guinea?
28 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2024.
How do Namibia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for access to electricity urban vs rural, annual growth rate?
Namibia ranks 13th 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
Last refreshed

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.