Business & Markets · Electricity access · Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo’s electricity access rose to 53% of population in 2024.
53% of population
2024
Up 1.7 pp from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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53% of population
What it is. Electricity access is the share of a country's people who live with access to electricity. It counts people with a connection and does not record how many hours of supply they get, how stable the voltage is or what the power costs. A household with a few hours of current a day counts the same as one with round-the-clock supply.
Higher is better. A higher share is better because each additional person with access can light a home, charge a phone, keep food cold and run a small business. The latest figure is 53% of population in 2024, up from 51.3% of population a year earlier, a gain of 1.7 percentage points. Since 2015 the lowest level was 44.3% of population, recorded in 2015. The 2024 figure is the highest in that span.
Why it matters. In the Republic of the Congo, 53% of population with access means that households outside the grid still depend on candles, torches, generators or firewood for light and energy. Shops, workshops and clinics in those areas carry the extra fuel costs and cannot easily run refrigeration or machinery. For the state, each further percentage point of access means more connections to build and serve.
| Period | Electricity access · Republic of the Congo |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 44.3% of population |
| 2016 | 45.3% of population |
| 2017 | 46.2% of population |
| 2018 | 47% of population |
| 2019 | 47.7% of population |
| 2020 | 48.7% of population |
| 2021 | 49.7% of population |
| 2022 | 50.6% of population |
| 2023 | 51.3% of population |
| 2024 | 53% of population |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Electricity access, Republic of the Congo, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/business/electricity-access/congo
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Population with access to electricity. Unit: % of population.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.