Number of people without access to electricity in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Number of people without access to electricity was 6.00 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of people without access to electricity in Papua New Guinea, 2000–2024
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 6.00 million people for number of people without access to electricity in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 27.4% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people without access to electricity in Papua New Guinea peaked at 8.26 million people in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4.85 million people, in 2000.
Papua New Guinea ranks 29th of 214 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Number of people without access to electricity in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.85 million people | — |
| 2001 | 5.00 million people | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 5.15 million people | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 5.30 million people | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 5.45 million people | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 5.61 million people | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 5.91 million people | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 5.93 million people | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 6.08 million people | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 6.13 million people | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 6.14 million people | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 6.50 million people | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 6.67 million people | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 6.82 million people | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 6.98 million people | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 7.13 million people | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 7.75 million people | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 7.42 million people | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 7.84 million people | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 7.34 million people | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 7.80 million people | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 7.92 million people | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 8.26 million people | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 8.26 million people | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 6.00 million people | -27.4% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 6.00 million people is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 781,524 people, 7.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of people without access to electricity in Papua New Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -27.4% | 8.26 million people | 6.00 million people |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.54 million people | 4.85 million people | 6.13 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.06 million people | 6.14 million people | 7.84 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.65 million people | 6.00 million people | 8.26 million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More energy & mining data for Papua New Guinea
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 9.69 % 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)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 17.0% (2023)
- Ores and metals imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people without access to electricity in Papua New Guinea?
- Number of people without access to electricity in Papua New Guinea was 6.00 million people in 2024, according to Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of people without access to electricity recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 8.26 million people in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of people without access to electricity recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.85 million people in 2000.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for number of people without access to electricity?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 29th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of people without access to electricity rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of people without access to electricity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.