Cameroon - Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in Cameroon was 94.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 94.03 in 2020, while its lowest value was 63.00 in 1991.

Definition: Access to electricity, urban is the percentage of urban population with access to electricity.

Source: World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.

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Year Value
1991 63.00
1992 70.07
1993 70.98
1994 71.87
1995 72.76
1996 73.63
1997 74.49
1998 79.00
1999 76.15
2000 79.00
2001 83.95
2002 78.54
2003 79.34
2004 77.10
2005 80.98
2006 73.00
2007 90.40
2008 83.59
2009 84.49
2010 87.38
2011 87.50
2012 88.27
2013 88.54
2014 89.20
2015 89.80
2016 90.65
2017 91.50
2018 90.00
2019 93.19
2020 94.03

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data for access to electricity are collected among different sources: mostly data from nationally representative household surveys (including national censuses) were used. Survey sources include Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Living Standards Measurement Surveys (LSMS), Multi-Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), the World Health Survey (WHS), other nationally developed and implemented surveys, and various government agencies (for example, ministries of energy and utilities). Given the low frequency and the regional distribution of some surveys, a number of countries have gaps in available data. To develop the historical evolution and starting point of electrification rates, a simple modeling approach was adopted to fill in the missing data points - around 1990, around 2000, and around 2010. Therefore, a country can have a continuum of zero to three data points. There are 42 countries with zero data point and the weighted regional average was used as an estimate for electrification in each of the data periods. 170 countries have between one and three data points and missing data are estimated by using a model with region, country, and time variables. The model keeps the original observation if data is available for any of the time periods. This modeling approach allowed the estimation of electrification rates for 212 countries over these three time periods (Indicated as "Estimate"). Notation "Assumption" refers to the assumption of universal access in countries classified as developed by the United Nations. Data begins from the year in which the first survey data is available for each country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use