Guinea’s electricity access rose to 53.8% of population in 2024.

Higher is better. A higher share is better because electricity underpins lighting, refrigeration, phone charging, clinics and schools, and every person added to the count is someone with a basic service. Guinea's latest figure, for 2024, is 53.8% of population, up from 51.1% a year earlier, a rise of 2.7 percentage points. That is the highest figure since 2015. The lowest in the same span was 33.5% of population in 2016, so access has risen steadily across the period.

Why it matters. At 53.8% of population, a little under half of people in Guinea still live without electricity at home. Those households depend on candles, kerosene, torches or charcoal for light and cooking, which costs money and harms health. Firms outside the connected areas must run their own generators or work only in daylight, which raises costs and limits growth. The state faces the task of extending the grid and off-grid systems to the remaining population.