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Around 15% of the country has electricity.
This figure is outdated. World Bank-backed Malawi energy documents put electricity access at about 25.9% in 2024, not around 15%.
Full reasoning
The article gives a present-tense electricity-access figure of “Around 15%”, but more recent World Bank-backed Malawi energy documents had already reported a much higher level before or around the article’s publication.
A Government of Malawi / World Bank ASCENT project document published in late 2025 states that Malawi’s electrification rate rose from 14.2% in 2021 to 25.9% in 2024. The World Bank then reiterated on May 13, 2026 that “25.9% of the Malawi population have access to electricity”.
So the article’s 15% figure appears to rely on older data and materially understates Malawi’s current electricity access rate by roughly 11 percentage points.
2 sources
- Government of the Republic of Malawi / World Bank energy access document
Between 2021 to 2024 Malawi has progressed in expanding electricity access, with the electrification rate rising from 14.2 percent in 2021 to 25.9 percent in 2024.
- In Malawi, Expanded Electricity Access is Improving Livelihood and Creating Business Opportunities
As of today, 25.9% of the Malawi population have access to electricity, with 11.3% connected through the national grid and 14.6% through off-grid solutions.