Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
28.0% 2024
In 2024, the figure for Nigeria was 28.0%. Up 2.0 points from 26.0% in 2023.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Version 3. CC-BY-NC-3.0-IGO.
Energy
Oil and gas, electricity generation and access. National figures for Nigeria; state figures are on each state's report as they are published.
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking
- 28.0%
- 2024 · World Bank
- Access to electricity
- 62.5%
- 2024 · World Bank
- Access to electricity, rural
- 23.5%
- 2024 · World Bank
- Renewable energy consumption
- 80.3%
- 2021 · World Bank
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Access to electricity (% of population)
62.5% 2024
In 2024, the figure for Nigeria was 62.5%. Up 1.3 points from 61.2% in 2023.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Version 3. CC-BY-4.0.
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
23.5% 2024
In 2024, the figure for Nigeria was 23.5%. Down 9.4 points from 32.9% in 2023.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Version 3. CC-BY-4.0.
Households with electricity (%)
55.2% 2024
In 2024, the figure for Nigeria was 55.2%. Down 4.2 points from 59.4% in 2018. Across states in 2024, it ranged from 15.9% in Jigawa to 94.8% in Lagos.
Source: The DHS Program (ICF), Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) (NG2024DHS). Version 3. DHS-TERMS.
Energy sources
Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption)
80.3% 2021
In 2021, the figure for Nigeria was 80.3%. Down 1.5 points from 81.8% in 2020.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Version 3. CC-BY-4.0.