Electricity at Home in Central African Republic: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

At MYRIAD, we examine the hidden statistics of human lives, beginning with the quiet illumination of a home. In the Central African Republic, the measure of domestic electricity tells a profound story about daily existence across generations. Behind every percentage point lies the transformation of ordinary evenings, domestic labor, and the fundamental ways families gather after sunset. These figures do not just measure technology; they trace the slow expansion of possibility within the physical spaces where lives unfold.

The historical arc stretches across three centuries of incremental change, moving from an 1800s estimate of 0 and an 1810s estimate of 0.01 through fractional increases like the 1820s estimate of 0.02, the 1830s estimate of 0.03, the 1840s estimate of 0.04, the 1850s estimate of 0.05, the 1860s estimate of 0.06, the 1870s estimate of 0.07, the 1880s estimate of 0.08, and the 1890s estimate of 0.09. By the 1900s estimate it reached 0.1, advancing further through the 1910s estimate of 0.68, the 1920s estimate of 1.26, the 1930s estimate of 1.84, the 1940s estimate of 2.42, the 1950s at 3, the 1960s at 6, the 1970s at 9, the 1980s at 12, the 1990s at 17.5, the 2000s at 23, and the 2010s at 35.5.

Today, in the 2020s, electricity at home in Central African Republic stands at 48 % — ranking #127 of 157 countries. Looking forward, projections anticipate continued growth through the 2030s projection at 52, the 2040s projection at 56, the 2050s projection at 60, the 2060s projection at 64, the 2070s projection at 68, the 2080s projection at 72, the 2090s projection at 76, and the 2100s projection at 80. For someone born into this timeline, the availability of light defines the contours of an entire lifetime.

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