Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Niger
Niger: Number of people without access to electricity, per capita was 0.787 people per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Niger, 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 Niger is 0.787 people per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Niger peaked at 0.935 people per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.787 people per person, in 2024.
Niger ranks 6th 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 Niger, year by year
| Year | people per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.935 people per person | — |
| 2001 | 0.916 people per person | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.912 people per person | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.907 people per person | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.903 people per person | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.929 people per person | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 0.907 people per person | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 0.888 people per person | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.882 people per person | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.877 people per person | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.864 people per person | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.857 people per person | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.856 people per person | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.848 people per person | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.843 people per person | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.834 people per person | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.83 people per person | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.824 people per person | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.824 people per person | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.815 people per person | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.813 people per person | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.814 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.805 people per person | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.799 people per person | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.787 people per person | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9056 people per person | 0.877 people per person | 0.935 people per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8395 people per person | 0.815 people per person | 0.864 people per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8036 people per person | 0.787 people per person | 0.814 people per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 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
- 7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.775 people per person compare
- 8 Burkina Faso 0.66 people per person compare
- 9 Liberia 0.651 people per person compare
More energy & mining data for Niger
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -6.6 % 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 12.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Niger?
- Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Niger was 0.787 people per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 0.935 people per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.787 people per person in 2024.
- How does Niger rank for number of people without access to electricity, per capita?
- Niger ranks 6th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of people without access to electricity, per capita rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger 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.