Access to electricity as a share of population reached 17.1 % in 2016 in Dem. Republic of the Congo, according to World Bank / EIA. This is 4.44 % more than in the previous year.
Historically, access to electricity as a share of population in Dem. Republic of the Congo reached an all time high of 17.1 % in 2016 and an all time low of 0.010 % in 1990. When compared to Dem. Republic of the Congo's main peers, access to electricity as a share of population in Angola amounted to 40.5 %, 14.0 % in Central African Republic, 56.6 % in Congo and 27.2 % in Zambia in 2016.
Dem. Republic of the Congo has been ranked 173rd within the group of 180 countries we follow in terms of access to electricity as a share of population, 3 places behind the position seen 10 years ago.
Access to electricity is the percentage of the population with access to electricity.
| Access to Electricity (As % of Population) | Unit | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Angola | % | 33.5% | 34.6% | 35.8% | 37.0% | 32.0% | ||||
| Botswana | % | 47.8% | 53.2% | 52.1% | 54.2% | 56.4% | ||||
| Cameroon | % | 52.9% | 53.7% | 55.2% | 56.4% | 56.8% | ||||
| Central African Republic | % | 9.80% | 11.0% | 11.6% | 12.2% | 12.8% | ||||
| Chad | % | 6.40% | 6.64% | 7.07% | 7.50% | 7.94% | ||||
| Congo | % | 42.5% | 44.8% | 41.6% | 49.5% | 51.9% | ||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 12.8% | 13.5% | 15.4% | 15.0% | 13.5% | ||||
| Gabon | % | 84.9% | 86.0% | 89.3% | 86.4% | 89.2% | ||||
| Namibia | % | 45.4% | 46.4% | 47.5% | 47.4% | 49.6% | ||||
| Sudan | % | 35.5% | 36.0% | 36.5% | 37.0% | 44.9% | ||||
| Tanzania | % | 14.8% | 14.2% | 15.3% | 16.4% | 18.9% | ||||
| Zambia | % | 22.0% | 24.3% | 24.9% | 25.5% | 27.9% | ||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 36.1% | 36.9% | 36.7% | 37.1% | 32.3% |
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