Côte d’Ivoire’s electricity access rose to 72.9% of population in 2024.

Higher is better. A higher share is better because each extra person with access can light a home, charge a phone, keep food cold and run a business from it. The latest figure for 2024 is 72.9% of population, up 0.5 percentage points from 72.4% of population a year earlier. Since 2015 the range runs from a low of 62.6% of population in 2015 to a high of 72.9% of population in 2024, so the latest reading is the highest in that span.

Why it matters. In Côte d'Ivoire, the share of people with access has risen over the period since 2015, and the people outside that share still lack grid power at home. Households there depend on other ways to light their homes and charge their phones, and small firms in those areas have a harder time running machinery or refrigeration. For the state, closing the remaining gap means extending connections to the people not yet reached.