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Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita in Samoa

Samoa: Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita was 1 units per person in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1 units per person
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 214 countries
All-time high
1 units per person
in 2020
All-time low
0.788 units per person
in 1991
Years of data
34
1991–2024

Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita in Samoa, 1991–2024

00.20.40.60.811991200720241991: 0.788 units per person1992: 0.816 units per person1993: 0.824 units per person1994: 0.8 units per person1995: 0.84 units per person1996: 0.848 units per person1997: 0.855 units per person1998: 0.863 units per person1999: 0.871 units per person2000: 0.88 units per person2001: 0.887 units per person2002: 0.893 units per person2003: 0.899 units per person2004: 0.905 units per person2005: 0.911 units per person2006: 0.964 units per person2007: 0.925 units per person2008: 0.981 units per person2009: 0.979 units per person2010: 0.964 units per person2011: 0.967 units per person2012: 0.968 units per person2013: 0.97 units per person2014: 0.979 units per person2015: 0.982 units per person2016: 0.989 units per person2017: 0.968 units per person2018: 0.998 units per person2019: 0.992 units per person2020: 1 units per person2021: 0.983 units per person2022: 0.983 units per person2023: 1 units per person2024: 1 units per person

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.

Analysis

Samoa recorded 1 units per person for number of people with and without electricity access, per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

The figure is up 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of people with and without electricity access, per capita in Samoa peaked at 1 units per person in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.788 units per person, in 1991.

That places Samoa 1st out of 214 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita in Samoa, year by year

Year units per person Change
1991 0.788 units per person —
1992 0.8164 units per person +3.6%
1993 0.8242 units per person +1.0%
1994 0.8 units per person -2.9%
1995 0.8399 units per person +5.0%
1996 0.8477 units per person +0.9%
1997 0.8554 units per person +0.9%
1998 0.8631 units per person +0.9%
1999 0.8708 units per person +0.9%
2000 0.88 units per person +1.1%
2001 0.887 units per person +0.8%
2002 0.893 units per person +0.7%
2003 0.899 units per person +0.7%
2004 0.905 units per person +0.7%
2005 0.911 units per person +0.7%
2006 0.964 units per person +5.8%
2007 0.925 units per person -4.0%
2008 0.981 units per person +6.1%
2009 0.979 units per person -0.2%
2010 0.964 units per person -1.5%
2011 0.967 units per person +0.3%
2012 0.968 units per person +0.1%
2013 0.97 units per person +0.2%
2014 0.979 units per person +0.9%
2015 0.982 units per person +0.3%
2016 0.989 units per person +0.7%
2017 0.968 units per person -2.1%
2018 0.998 units per person +3.1%
2019 0.992 units per person -0.6%
2020 1 units per person +0.8%
2021 0.983 units per person -1.7%
2022 0.983 units per person +0.0%
2023 1 units per person +1.7%
2024 1 units per person +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8339 units per person 0.788 units per person 0.8708 units per person 9
2000s 0.9224 units per person 0.88 units per person 0.981 units per person 10
2010s 0.9777 units per person 0.964 units per person 0.998 units per person 10
2020s 0.9932 units per person 0.983 units per person 1 units per person 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of people with and without electricity access, per capita in Samoa?
Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita in Samoa was 1 units per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest number of people with and without electricity access, per capita recorded in Samoa?
The highest recorded value was 1 units per person in 2020.
What is the lowest number of people with and without electricity access, per capita recorded in Samoa?
The lowest recorded value was 0.788 units per person in 1991.
How does Samoa rank for number of people with and without electricity access, per capita?
Samoa ranks 1st out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
Is number of people with and without electricity access, per capita rising or falling in Samoa?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Samoa data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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

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Indicator
Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
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Number of people with and without electricity access divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.