Papua New Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Number of people without access to electricity, per capita

Papua New Guinea
0.567 people per person
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.608 people per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
13th
Sierra Leone rank
11th

Number of people without access to electricity, per capita over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.608 people per person against 0.567 people per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.041 people per person.

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

The two have swapped places 6 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 13th and Sierra Leone ranks 11th of 214 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
2000s 0.8607 people per person 0.8847 people per person 0.024 people per person Sierra Leone
2010s 0.8185 people per person 0.8126 people per person 0.0059 people per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.7516 people per person 0.6842 people per person 0.0674 people per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people without access to electricity, per capita, Papua New Guinea or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 0.608 people per person against 0.567 people per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of people without access to electricity, per capita between Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?
0.041 people per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of people without access to electricity, per capita?
Papua New Guinea ranks 13th and Sierra Leone ranks 11th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people without access to electricity, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita
Unit
people per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
214 places, 5,325 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Number of people without access to electricity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.