Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Nigeria
Nigeria: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 96.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Nigeria, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 96.3% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Nigeria peaked at 96.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 81.8%, in 2010.
That places Nigeria 95th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 82.3% | — |
| 2010 | 81.8% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 83.7% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 86.5% | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 87.7% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 93.9% | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 94.4% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 94.6% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 95.9% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 96.2% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 96.3% | +0.2% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 96.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.1%, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 96.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 74.3%, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 82.3% | 82.3% | 82.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 91.1% | 81.8% | 96.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More private sector data for Nigeria
- Merchandise trade 33.3% (2025)
- Food imports 11.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 41.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 3.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 55.47 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 233.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1907 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.03 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Nigeria?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Nigeria was 96.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 96.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.8% in 2010.
- How does Nigeria rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Nigeria ranks 95th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.