Access to electricity in Cameroon
Cameroon: Access to electricity was 21.3% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Access to electricity in Cameroon, 1990–2016
Source: World Bank Global Electrification Database 2013. Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 21.3% for access to electricity in 2016.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 51.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to electricity in Cameroon peaked at 23.4% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 1990.
That places Cameroon 175th out of 202 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Access to electricity in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5.5% | — |
| 1991 | 8.7% | +58.6% |
| 1992 | 7.1% | -18.7% |
| 1993 | 7.9% | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 8.6% | +9.8% |
| 1995 | 9.4% | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 10.1% | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 10.8% | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 22.0% | +103.9% |
| 1999 | 12.1% | -45.2% |
| 2000 | 21.0% | +74.1% |
| 2001 | 18.5% | -11.8% |
| 2002 | 13.7% | -26.1% |
| 2003 | 14.2% | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 15.5% | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 15.1% | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 14.0% | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 23.4% | +67.1% |
| 2008 | 16.6% | -29.2% |
| 2009 | 17.1% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 17.7% | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 18.5% | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 18.8% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 19.4% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 22.2% | +14.2% |
| 2015 | 20.7% | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 21.3% | +3.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 21.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 50.2%, 42% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 21.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18.0%, 1.2× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Access to electricity in Cameroon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +103.9% | 10.8% | 22.0% |
| 2000 | +74.1% | 12.1% | 21.0% |
| 2007 | +67.1% | 14.0% | 23.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.2% | 5.5% | 22.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.9% | 13.7% | 23.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.8% | 17.7% | 22.2% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More reference data data for Cameroon
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4076 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.199 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 17.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 23.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.08 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to electricity in Cameroon?
- Access to electricity in Cameroon was 21.3% in 2016, according to World Bank Global Electrification Database 2013.
- What is the highest access to electricity recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 23.4% in 2007.
- What is the lowest access to electricity recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for access to electricity?
- Cameroon ranks 175th out of 202 countries with data for 2016.
- Is access to electricity rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Global Electrification Database 2013, published as part of Access to electricity (% of rural population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Access to electricity is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.