The report, titled “Tracking Sustainable Development Goal 7: The Energy Progress Report 2025”, reveals that 86.8 million Nigerians lacked access to electricity in 2023, the highest figure globally for the third consecutive year.
The report, released on Wednesday, June 25, covers data from 2023 and shows that only 61 percent of Nigerians had electricity access, while just 26 percent had access to clean cooking energy.
“In 2023, the 20 countries with the largest electricity access deficits accounted for 76 percent of the global total, up from 75 percent in 2022. Once again, 18 of these countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa,” the report noted.
It added, “For the third consecutive edition of this report, Nigeria (86.8 million), the Democratic Republic of Congo (79.6 million), and Ethiopia (56.4 million) topped the list, together accounting for roughly a third of the entire global access deficit.”
