Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Chad
Chad: Number of people without access to electricity, per capita was 0.866 people per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Chad, 2000–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Chad is 0.866 people per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Chad peaked at 0.969 people per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.866 people per person, in 2024.
Chad ranks 2nd of 214 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Chad, year by year
| Year | people per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.969 people per person | — |
| 2001 | 0.966 people per person | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.962 people per person | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.959 people per person | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.965 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.952 people per person | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.949 people per person | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.945 people per person | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.941 people per person | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.937 people per person | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.936 people per person | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.91 people per person | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 0.922 people per person | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.919 people per person | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.916 people per person | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.923 people per person | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.908 people per person | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.891 people per person | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.899 people per person | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.916 people per person | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.891 people per person | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 0.887 people per person | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.883 people per person | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.88 people per person | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.866 people per person | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9545 people per person | 0.937 people per person | 0.969 people per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.914 people per person | 0.891 people per person | 0.936 people per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8814 people per person | 0.866 people per person | 0.891 people per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 1 South Sudan 0.946 people per person compare
- 3 Malawi 0.844 people per person compare
- 4 Central African Republic 0.818 people per person compare
- 5 Burundi 0.799 people per person compare
More energy & mining data for Chad
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 17.9% (1995)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Chad?
- Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Chad was 0.866 people per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 0.969 people per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.866 people per person in 2024.
- How does Chad rank for number of people without access to electricity, per capita?
- Chad ranks 2nd out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of people without access to electricity, per capita rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of people without access to electricity, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
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.
Number of people without access to electricity ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of people without access to electricity Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
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.