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Cameroon vs Kenya: Access to electricity vs. GDP per capita

Cameroon
72.0%
in 2024
Kenya
77.0%
in 2024
Cameroon rank
175th
Kenya rank
173rd

Access to electricity vs. GDP per capita over time

  • Cameroon
  • Kenya
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 77.0% against 72.0% in Cameroon, a difference of 5.0%.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 175th and Kenya ranks 173rd of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Access to electricity vs. GDP per capita
Unit
% of population
Source
Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.