Access to electricity as a share of population rose 4.44% to 17.1% in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2016, according to World Bank / EIA.
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 171st within the group of 178 countries we follow in terms of access to electricity as a share of population, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Access to Electricity (As % of Population) | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Angola | % | 35.7% | 36.9% | 32.0% | 42.0% | 40.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 53.4% | 53.7% | 55.9% | 58.1% | 60.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 54.9% | 56.2% | 56.8% | 58.7% | 60.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 16.0% | 18.6% | 21.2% | 24.1% | 27.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 7.49% | 8.02% | 8.59% | 7.70% | 10.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | % | 41.6% | 49.1% | 52.4% | 60.4% | 60.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 15.4% | 14.8% | 13.5% | 16.4% | 17.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 89.3% | 86.4% | 88.5% | 89.6% | 90.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 46.5% | 47.4% | 48.7% | 51.6% | 49.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 42.3% | 43.3% | 44.9% | 49.4% | 53.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 15.3% | 16.4% | 23.5% | 26.5% | 32.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 27.2% | 28.0% | 27.9% | 31.1% | 35.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 44.0% | 38.3% | 32.3% | 33.7% | 39.9% |
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