# Access to electricity in Malawi

Access to electricity in Malawi was 15.6% in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `access_to_electricity_share`
- Place id: `mw`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Share of the population with access to electricity. World Bank series for the Sustainable Development Goal 7.1.1 electrification indicator, based mainly on household surveys.
- Note: Based mainly on household surveys, so year-to-year changes can reflect new survey rounds rather than new connections.
- Source: World Bank, Access to electricity, % of population (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Access to electricity, % of population (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/access-to-electricity/malawi
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=access_to_electricity_share&place=mw

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 15.6 |
| 2023 | 15.6 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2021 | 14.2 |
| 2020 | 11.5 |
| 2019 | 11.2 |
| 2018 | 18 |
| 2017 | 12.7 |
| 2016 | 11 |
| 2015 | 10.8 |
| 2014 | 11.9 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2012 | 7.4 |
| 2011 | 7.6 |
| 2010 | 8.7 |
| 2009 | 8.3 |
| 2008 | 7.8 |
| 2007 | 7.4 |
| 2006 | 3.7 |
| 2005 | 6.6 |
| 2004 | 6.9 |
| 2003 | 6.2 |
| 2002 | 5.6 |
| 2001 | 5.2 |
| 2000 | 4.8 |
| 1999 | 4.3 |
| 1998 | 3.8 |
| 1997 | 3.4 |
| 1996 | 2.9 |
| 1995 | 2.5 |
| 1994 | 2 |
| 1993 | 1.6 |
| 1992 | 3.2 |